How to format a hard drive for use on a PC or Mac computer

To format a hard drive before you start using it in Windows, use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, use Disk Utility.
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USB won’t format to FAT32 on Windows 11/10 [Fix]

Are you unable to format a USB drive to the FAT32 system on your Windows 11/10 computerm? Some users have reported that Windows does not let them format their USB drives to FAT32. However, many users ...
PC Magazine

Windows Finally Expands FAT32 Formatting From 32GB to 2TB

The change should make it easier for users to format a USB drive or flash card while using the FAT32 system, which dates back to 1996. Microsoft is lifting a decades-old restriction on Windows that ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft removes FAT32 partition size limit in Windows 11

Microsoft removed today an arbitrary 32GB size limit for FAT32 partitions in the latest Windows 11 Canary build, now allowing for a maximum size of 2TB. "When formatting disks from the command line ...