Thread: 64GB microSD & Jolla
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stefanmohl is offline stefanmohl
2014-01-22 , 14:38
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Originally Posted by aegis View Post
Format it to FAT32. You'll need to use command line tools on Windows as the GUI will insist on exFAT.
A quick trick to fool Windows into enabling FAT32 in the GUI is to enable caching on the USB-memory:
  1. Right-click the USB-drive and select "Properties"
  2. Select the "Hardware"-tab
  3. Find and select your USB-memory in the list
  4. Click the "Properties"-button below
  5. Select the "Policies"-tab on the new requester
  6. Choose "Optimize for performance"
  7. Click "OK" on the requesters
This should allow you to use FAT32-formatting on your USB-drive, but don't forget to repeat the process and set it back to "Optimize for quick removal" once you are done formatting!

But remember, FAT32 only allows files up to 4GB in size and can't handle soft-links or permissions. Trasferring files over network and formatting as ext3/4 makes the microSD much more useful.
Last edited by stefanmohl; 2014-01-22 at 14:43.