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  • Formatting as FAT16?

    cameo

    Member

    Updated: Oct 26, 2024
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    Hi,

    I wanted to format an SDCard with a FAT16 file system.But when i put it in my pc to do that,i could fine FAT and FAT32 formats in the format window.

    any clues how to do it? any 3rd party s/ws?

    or are both FAT and FAT16 the same?
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  • MaRo

    Member • Aug 8, 2007

    Use software like #-Link-Snipped-#
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  • cameo

    Member • Aug 9, 2007

    thats not working out.
    Partition magic is not detecting the SD card at all..

    ne crazy engineers out tehr?
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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Administrator • Aug 9, 2007

    I was wondering if Windows allows partitions to be created on removable drives. Only primary partition is allowed. Correct me if I'm wrong.

    -The Big K-
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  • cameo

    Member • Aug 10, 2007

    i too think so.it doesnt allow partition .
    but i wanna format the card.When i put the card to format ,it asks the system type either FAT or FAT32.But i wanna do it as FAT16..
    I heard that FAT and FAT16 are the same..
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  • Ashraf HZ

    Member • Aug 21, 2007

    Ya know, there is such thing as FAT12. But it's usually used for floppy disks and small partitioned stuff (less than 16MB). It's a legacy tech.. so I'm guessing since you only have two options of FAT and FAT32, the first refers to FAT16.

    Check out #-Link-Snipped-# for the details.

    Here's a SD card formatter software from Panasonic: #-Link-Snipped-#
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  • Anil Jain

    Member • Aug 22, 2007

    cameo
    i too think so.it doesnt allow partition .
    but i wanna format the card.When i put the card to format ,it asks the system type either FAT or FAT32.But i wanna do it as FAT16..
    I heard that FAT and FAT16 are the same..
    Cameo, Windows doesn't allow partition of removable disks. Till we use a third party tool.

    Hope that FAT and FAT16 are the same.. you may try this... may possible it will not work, but definitely It wont hamper anything too....

    --Cra:sshhh:zy
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  • chinkipradeep

    Member • Aug 25, 2007

    😁To all my friends out here i want to correct u and provide the solution for formating with fat 16 without using any other tool then window...
    yes window provide a hidden tool which allows you to format removable drvies just go to
    control panel--administrative tools--computer management--storage--disk management u will get list of all storing devices connected to ur pc right clcik on 1 u want to format chose file type then format it is done no need to have any 3rd party software😁
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