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Pretty much got a sandisk 32gb usb that doesnt work... as in I can drag files into it

I think because of a format called fat32 which I have no idea about...

Would love some help from the community thanks 

 

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FAT32 has nothing to do with whether the USB has issues or not. Try resetting the partition table using this guide.

 

http://tech.saoslab.com/post/2013/03/18/cleanup-corrupt-partition-table

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Pretty much got a sandisk 32gb usb that doesnt work... as in I can drag files into it

I think because of a format called fat32 which I have no idea about...

Would love some help from the community thanks :)

 

ps sorry if this is in the wrong sub forum

Depends on the file size. Just format it to NTFS so it supports large files and it will work fine. I run my 8gb in fat32 and 16gb in NTFS. :)

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Depends on the file size. Just format it to NTFS so it supports large files and it will work fine. I run my 8gb in fat32 and 16gb in NTFS. :)

Its not a problem of file size as even a 3mb picture wont copy over, neither will an episode of top gear, will try the guide

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