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The files stored on FAT2 file system cannot be larger than 4GB in size which means you won’t be able to download or copy Windows ISO image files on FAT32 formatted hard drives.
In the window that opens up, select FAT32 as the file system and then click on the Start button.Įven though you can format a large hard drive with FAT32 file system, you must understand the limitations of this aging file system. Select the partition from the list and click on the Format this part button. You can identify it with the drive letter you noted in step 1. In the Bootice interface, select Destination disk to be external hard drive you want to work with. Extract it to a folder and launch Booticex86.exe or Bootice圆4.exe depending on whether you are running 32-bit version of Windows or 64-bit version of Windows. For example, in my case it is F: drive letter. Wait for it to appear in the File Explorer and carefully note the drive letter assigned to it. Attach your external hard drive to your Windows PC through a USB cable. Note: Before formatting your hard drive, you should backup all the data stored on it. In order to format an external hard drive of capacity more than 32GB in Windows 10, you will have to use a third party format utility like Bootice. If you try for format through the command prompt, you will be notified that it cannot proceed because hard drive is too large. First of all, Microsoft has removed the FAT32 file system option in the format utility available through the Windows File Explorer in Windows 10. If you try to format an external hard drive having a capacity of more than 32GB in Windows 10, then you will encounter many problems.