I recently got a 64 GB Silicon Power USB stick. After poking around on Disk Management (in Windows 8) I noticed that I can't format it to FAT32 like I would normally do for USB sticks (the only options are NTFS and exFAT). It's not a huge deal to me as the USB was originally bought to transfer a large amount of data from one Windows computer to another (and it actually arrived already formatted in FAT32 anyway).
However, sometimes I like to use whatever USB stick I have nearby to do things like BIOS update type stuff (which recommends to use FAT16 or FAT32) and in the event that I need to reformat it for some reason I would like to at least have the option for FAT32. Is there a reason why Windows doesn't want to use this on the USB I am using (I've had no trouble doing it on the tiny 1 GB USB). Could I use my GParted disc to do the formatting instead (since it's been so helpful in the past for playing with discs when Windows is reluctant)?
However, sometimes I like to use whatever USB stick I have nearby to do things like BIOS update type stuff (which recommends to use FAT16 or FAT32) and in the event that I need to reformat it for some reason I would like to at least have the option for FAT32. Is there a reason why Windows doesn't want to use this on the USB I am using (I've had no trouble doing it on the tiny 1 GB USB). Could I use my GParted disc to do the formatting instead (since it's been so helpful in the past for playing with discs when Windows is reluctant)?
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