If you need a USB drive that's widely compatible with different devices, you may want to format it to FAT32. Here's how to do so on Mac and PC.

Step by step tutorial on how to format a Hard Drive or Disk. Use built-in tools such as Diskpart, CMD, Disk Management, etc, to format.

In this guide, we'll show you the steps to format a USB flash drive on Windows 11 using File Explorer, Settings app, Disk Management tool, Command Prompt, and PowerShell.

You can format an external drive quickly and easily in Windows, without the need of any third-party tools. But before you format your USB drive, you need to consider which file system to use.

Launch Windows Explorer and navigate to "This PC." In the list of drives, you should find your SD card and how much storage it has available.

If you need a USB drive that's widely compatible with different devices, you may want to format it to FAT32. Here's how to do so on Mac and PC.