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Muhammad Taqi
Asked: 2018-08-11 12:25:55 +0800 CST

How to create Win95 Fat32 LBA partition Type on 32 GB USB

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I have a LED that can play media from USB, I have 2 USBs 4GB and 32GB, LED picks up 4GB but it detects 32GB but didn't show the content of USB. The Vendor says it issues with USB partition system.

Here is 4GB partitions details,

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and 32 GB, enter image description here

I tried deleting all partition on 32GB and create new FAT32 as well as NTFS, but it didn't create the same as I had on 4GB,

Any solutions?

boot partitioning usb

1 Answers

  1. Try these steps:

    1. Open a terminal and run this command to locate the right device:

      lsblk

    2. Use fdisk command accordingly:

      1. sudo fdisk /dev/sdX; X stands for the right disk letter something in the region of b, c or d
      2. Type o to change the partition table type to dos
      3. When the command runs type d and enter to delete the existing partition, then
      4. Type n to create new partition
      5. Accept the defaults when ask for the partition type and size (assuming that is desirable),
      6. Type p to see what you have done,
      7. Type t to change the file system type,
      8. Type c to create a W95 FAT32 (LBA) partition,
      9. Repeat step 2.5, i.e. 5 above to see the created partition,
      10. Type a to activate that partition so it automounts,
      11. Type w to write the changes to disk

    3. Format the again from the terminal:

      sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdXi
      • Note: i represents the partition number in this case it should be 1
    4. Eject and replug the device

    NOTE: This will destroy any data on the said device e please back up anything you wish to keep before following theses steps.

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