Formatting To Fat32, Can Anyone Help?

[wiggythebrave]

I'm running Windows98se and am having trouble formatting mt SD cards fo FAT32, there is only one option to format cards (FAT16).

Does anyone out there know how I can format my two SD cards using W98se and a card reader?

Many Thanks.

 

[aapje89]

try mkdosfs

 

[wiggythebrave]

Thanks but I think that if for Linux, I'm using windows 98 Second Edition.

 

[stinch]

Try SwissKnife.

 

[Anderson]

For all you users, who may want to stray away from the comfort of your gui
Try this Windows XP Format Command


BTW to use this you will have to be at the command prompt.
(Start > Programs > Acessories > Command Prompt)

 

[nubie]

This might explain your problem, XP format tool command line option:

/fs:file-system : Specifies the file system to use FAT, FAT32, or NTFS Floppy disks can use only the FAT file system

I think that 98se uses a hacked up floppy driver to access USB storage devices, so good luck with that.

 

[nubie]

For all you users, who may want to stray away from the comfort of your gui
Try this Windows XP Format Command


BTW to use this you will have to be at the command prompt.
(Start > Programs > Acessories > Command Prompt)

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It is quicker to type cmd into the [Start] > [Run] box.

 

[trooper]

What size sd cards are you using ?

Trooper

 

[wiggythebrave]

I'm using a 1Gb and 1 512Mb.

Have downloaded swissknife, it does not recognise my card reader, although it works fine when putting files on.

 

[Nuron_V]

For all you users, who may want to stray away from the comfort of your gui 
Try this Windows XP Format Command


BTW to use this you will have to be at the command prompt. 
(Start > Programs > Acessories > Command Prompt)

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It is quicker to type cmd into the [Start] > [Run] box.

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Its "command" in 98 not cmd by the way.
If in doubt try and find a peripheral like a digital camera that takes SD cards, it worked for me twice

 

[nubie]

For all you users, who may want to stray away from the comfort of your gui 
Try this Windows XP Format Command


BTW to use this you will have to be at the command prompt. 
(Start > Programs > Acessories > Command Prompt)

​

It is quicker to type cmd into the [Start] > [Run] box.

​

Its "command" in 98 not cmd by the way.
If in doubt try and find a peripheral like a digital camera that takes SD cards, it worked for me twice

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I thought you noticed that we were talking about XP. I do know the difference.

I am currently running:
Desktop: win98se, suse 9.1, winXP Pro sp1, winXP Pro sp2 (3 hard drives, don't ask)
Laptop 1: win98se on 6.2GB HD
Laptop 2: win98se on 4.3GB HD, win95B on 512mb CF
Laptop 3: win95B on 815mb hd, win95B on 512mb CF

Edit: also XP = (Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt)

Win9X = (Start > Programs > Command Prompt)

 

[Araneidae]

Try SwissKnife.

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Looked promising.
Unfortunately it crashes on startup: "SWISNIFE caused an invalid page fault ..." blah blah blah.

To be precise, it crashes as soon as I plug my card reader in: sweet

 

[aapje89]

Thanks but I think that if for Linux, I'm using windows 98 Second Edition.

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just google for "mkdosfs windows", first result:
http://www.mager.org/mkdosfs/