Formatting as FAT16?

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  MaRo

  Use software like #-Link-Snipped-#
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  cameo

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  😁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😁