# new 64gb card, won't format. **URL:** \ **Category:** SD | microSD | CFast | CFexpress | CompactFlash\ **Created:** [June 11, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/new-64gb-card-wont-format/35135 "2014-06-11T23:50:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dnlan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dnlan](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/dnlan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/new-64gb-card-wont-format/35135/1 "2014-06-11T23:50:10Z")
Im having an issue with a new sandisk ultra 64gb micro sdxc card i just got. I threw it in my phone and it said it had to be formatted, no problem, put it in my pc and went to format it and it said it couldnt be formatted in fat32. Help please. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@cacho](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/cacho)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/new-64gb-card-wont-format/35135/2 "2014-06-12T03:15:05Z")
😃  **Hi,** \_ **Dear Dnlan** \_ In principle, there a compatibility issue. The **_microSDXC, 64 GB,_** as all the UFD come _factory formatted,_ and it’s neither necessary nor desirable, formatting. That is, when the receiving device the card, \_ **“asks format”,** \_  we have to suspect that we have _or two problems_, or one of these two. **1-** The \_ **microSDXC, 64 GB** \_ is a UFD, which comes with a _special format:_ **exFAT**. Then, if your phone does _not have the SDXC logo_ is not compatible and _will not recognize the card,_ and give _error poster,_ etc. **2-** When you try to format, in the PC, you must take into account the above, that is, give _formatted in exFAT._ Also, you **_can not format a 64 GB UFD with FAT32,_** because it has the _limit up to 32 GB._ Please, see the link:   [http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a\_id/14827/kw/formatt%20sd](http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14827/kw/formatt%20sd)                                         [http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a\_id/2520](http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2520)                                         [http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a\_id/3389](http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3389)                                         [http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a\_id/312/kw/formatt%20sd/related/1](http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/312/kw/formatt%20sd/related/1) Luck, _and then you tell us,_ what happened, please. _Regards, Alfred._                                                                                             (Google translated) ---
**Author:** ![tapeworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@tapeworm](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/tapeworm)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/new-64gb-card-wont-format/35135/3 "2014-06-12T14:49:08Z")
> @cacho wrote: > Also, you **_can not format a 64 GB UFD with FAT32,_** because it has the _limit up to 32 GB._ >                                                                                       (Google translated) Sorry, but this is wrong. Yes, you _can_ format a 64GB card (exFAT) to FAT32. But Windows won’t do it natively; you must use a dedicated formatting software. ---
**Author:** ![cacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@cacho](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/cacho)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/new-64gb-card-wont-format/35135/4 "2014-06-12T19:56:00Z")
😃  **Hola!!** _ **Estimado/a Tapeworm** _ De mi más alta consideración: Le agradezco, por su muy respetuosa actualización, pues es, de mi mayor gusto y me siento honrado de tener este intercambio con usted, un **“SanDisknauta”** _con tanta experiencia_ (este es  mi primer **Forum** y al principio, no me animaba a intervenir, y me sentía muy solo). Después, de leer cientos de posts del **Forum** , _si hay algo que yo aprecio, son justamente los suyos,_ siempre lógicos e inteligentes, respetuosos con el usuario (sin importarle su nivel de conocimiento), _y sobre todo_ sin enojos, sarcasmos, ironías u hostilidades. Además, siempre me gustó su habilidad para discernir, _el problema que estaba detrás_ de algún mensaje confuso, mal escrito o mal explicado, para resolverle la inquietud a algún usuario desesperado por un inconveniente informático, que no era de su profesión. _Y, en atención a lo anterior, es que le respondo lo siguiente:_ En este caso, mi respuesta a un usuario principiante, _no fue incorrecta_. Fue una _respuesta limitada adrede,_ para no complicarlo en su problema, _en una primera etapa._ Como usted dice: **                                 [**But Windows won’t do it natively**] **                                  _-a ésto, me refiero yo-_ **                                 [**you must use a dedicated formatting software.**]**             _-ésto, evité yo agregar._ La demostración, _es una respuesta antigua mía,_ a un usuario avanzado, en el que abundo _con este tema_ y le recomiendo el software (free) **[** USB Fat32Formatter 1.10, [http://filecloud.io/azc3uydj](http://filecloud.io/azc3uydj) **]**, para formatear una pendrive de 64 GB con FAT32. Link: [http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/All-SanDisk-USB-Flash-Drives/SanDisk-USB-3-0-Flash-Drive-running-at-USB-2-0-speeds/td-p/319127](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-usb-3-0-flash-drive-running-at-usb-2-0-speeds/32737) _ **Lamentablemente** , usted no la recuerda o no la leyó,_ **_pues desapareció_** (en alguna limpieza técnica), **_la página entera,_** que tenía ~11 mensajes, _(03/03/2014)._ Por supuesto, _tengo el Backup_ (_como recomiendan en el Forum, ja, ja ,ja_…). Transcribo párrafos: **[**…Me parece que lo más práctico y simple (como decía Ockham), es mantener tu ‘UFD Extreme de 64GB’ en formato FAT32, el cual te permitirá usarlo, tanto en Windows como en MAC y sobre todo en ‘Players DVD de mesa’, y llevarlo en el bolsillo, lejos de “narices ajenas”…**]** **[**…Bueno, _pues hay programas de terceros, que permiten formatear en FAT32, superando ese límite (32 GB)_ y aprovechando así su versatilidad, para usarlo también en HDexternos…] **[**…Entonces, puedes probar con Fat32Formatter1.10 (Portable, free)…**]** Bueh, _aprovecho además,_ para agradecer a **SanDisk/Forum,** por la extraordinaria (hace unos 10 años que soy Cybernauta) **“Página Web”** que mantiene _tan generosamente,_ y por la oportunidad que da, y que dio _a un usuario nuevo y desconocido, de habla española (Castellana) y de un lejano país;_ de participar y de evolucionar, en esta _“Aventura del Pensamiento”,_ que es la _“Revolución Informática”,_ y de la que **SanDisk** es un “Buque Insignia”). _Saludo atentamente, Alfred, Argentina_ **PD:** **Tapeworm** , ahora me animo yo, a pedir su ayuda. No encontré la manera, de insertar imágenes en mi respuestas, siempre me sale “…superó los 20000 caracteres…”, (grrrr, ja,ja,ja). * * * 😃  **Hi,** **_Dear Tapeworm_** _Of my highest consideration:_ Thank you, for your very respectful update, because, it is my great pleasure and I am honored, to have this exchange with you, a **“SanDisknaut”** with so _much experience_ (is my first Forum, and at first, I did not dare to post, and I felt alone). Then, reading hundreds of posts **Forum** , _if there is something I appreciate,_ _are justly the theirs,_ always logicals and intelligents, respectful with the user  (of low level of knowledge), and especially, without anger, sarcasm, irony or hostilities. Besides, I always liked his ability, _to discern the problem that was behind_, in a confusing message, misspelled or poorly explained, to resolverle the concern, to some desperate user, by a computer problem, that was not of their profession. _And, in view of the above, is that I answer the following:_ In this case, my answer to a novice user, _it was not wrong._ It was a _limited response on purpose,_ for not to complicate his problem, _in a first step._ As you say:                     **[**But Windows will not do it natively**] **                                          -This, I mean-                     **[**You must use a dedicated formatting software.**]**                   -This, I avoided- The demonstration, _is an old answer of mine,_ to an advanced user, which abounded with this issue, and I recommend the software (free) **[**USB Fat32Formatter 1.10 [http://filecloud.io/azc3uydj](http://filecloud.io/azc3uydj) **],** to format a pendrive 64 GB with FAT32. Link: [http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/All-SanDisk-USB-Flash-Drives/SanDisk-USB-3-0-Flash-Drive-running-at-USB-2-0-speeds/td-p/319127](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-usb-3-0-flash-drive-running-at-usb-2-0-speeds/32737) **Unfortunately,** _you do not remember or did not read it,_ **because _it disappeared_** (in some technical cleaning), **_the entire page,_** it  had ~ 11 messages, (03/03/2014). Of course, _I have the Backup (as recommended in the Forum, ha, ha, ha…_.). I transcribe paragraphs: **[**…I think that the most practical and simple (as Ockham said), is to keep your ‘UFD 64GB Extreme’ in FAT32 format, which lets you use both Windows and MAC and especially in 'DVD Players table ', and I carry in your pocket, away from “foreign noses”…**]** **[**… Well, there are third-party programs that allow formatted in FAT32, exceeding this limit (32 GB) and taking advantage of its versatility to also use it in external hdisk…**]** **[**… So you may try Fat32Formatter1.10 (Portable, free)…**]** Bueh, _also I take the opportunity,_ to thank **SanDisk/Forum,** for the extraordinary (I’m cybernaut, from about 10 years ago) **“Website”** that, keeps _so generously,_ and for the opportunity  gives, _and gave at new and unkown user “spanish-speaking (Castillian)”, and from a far country;_ of participate and evolve in this _“Adventure of Thought”,_ that is the _“Information Revolution”_, and of which **SanDisk** is a _“Flagship”._ Yours sincerely, Alfred, Argentina.                                                               (Google translate) **PS:** **Tapeworm,** _I now I dare to ask you for help._ I did not find the way to insert images in my answers, and I always get “… exceeded 20,000 characters …”), (grrr, ha, ha, ha).