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13 hours ago, JasonHS said:

how can i reformat it? i used rufus to format it at first

The "Format" in the context menu of the flash disk in Windows Explorer.

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Hello,long story short i formatted a stick.And now when i want to put music to put the stick in the car.It says that the drive is unreadable.So can i de-format the drive? if not,how can i make it play music like when i plug it in the car or smart tv?

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Instead of de-formatting you need to reformat the memory stick to the filesystem that your car and the smart TV is expecting, usually FAT32. Keep in mind that reformatting the drive wipes its contents.

 

If you actually want to de-format the drive for security reasons and wipe anything stored on it, you cna use some disk wiping tool for this.

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3 minutes ago, maxtch said:

Instead of de-formatting you need to reformat the memory stick to the filesystem that your car and the smart TV is expecting, usually FAT32. Keep in mind that reformatting the drive wipes its contents.

 

If you actually want to de-format the drive for security reasons and wipe anything stored on it, you cna use some disk wiping tool for this.

how can i reformat it? i used rufus to format it at first

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13 hours ago, JasonHS said:

how can i reformat it? i used rufus to format it at first

The "Format" in the context menu of the flash disk in Windows Explorer.

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