Hello,
I will give the short story first
I have a 64gb micro SD card that is formatted using FAT32. Whenever I use the card on my Windows 8.1 computer, Windows wants to reformat the card. When I open disk management, the card shows as unallocated space. The card contains the information from my Nintendo 3DS and I would like to copy the information from the card to my computer. How can I do that?
Now the long story
I have a Nintendo 3DSXL that I play on train rides to work. The 3DS requires that you use FAT32 formatting in order to play the games. When I bought the machine, I knew I would want to download a lot of games (rather than carry cartridges everywhere) so I purchased a 64gb Micro SD card with a SD card adaptor.
At the time, I had a Windows 7 laptop. Using the laptop and some downloaded utilities, I was able to format the card into FAT32 format (as Windows 7 wouldn't let me format it FAT32 using standard windows utilities). I put it into the 3DS and everything works great.
Now, 2ish years later, I have a new Windows 8.1 computer. For a couple of reasons (backing up my games so I don't have to redownload and to upgrade to the New Nintendo 3DSXL) I want to be able to view the card on my new computer. Whenever I use my card reader, Windows asks me to format the card. When I open disk management, the card shows as unallocated space.
To test everything, I (literally) dusted off my old laptop (that I used to format the card in the first place) and I viewed the card. I could view all of the files on the card. In disk management, the card was listed as formatted FAT32.
So, is there a way to view the FAT32 formatted 64gb micro SD card on my Windows 8.1 computer?
I would like the be able to do this quickly and easily in the future, as a way to backup my 3DS's data.
Thank you for your help.
I will give the short story first
I have a 64gb micro SD card that is formatted using FAT32. Whenever I use the card on my Windows 8.1 computer, Windows wants to reformat the card. When I open disk management, the card shows as unallocated space. The card contains the information from my Nintendo 3DS and I would like to copy the information from the card to my computer. How can I do that?
Now the long story
I have a Nintendo 3DSXL that I play on train rides to work. The 3DS requires that you use FAT32 formatting in order to play the games. When I bought the machine, I knew I would want to download a lot of games (rather than carry cartridges everywhere) so I purchased a 64gb Micro SD card with a SD card adaptor.
At the time, I had a Windows 7 laptop. Using the laptop and some downloaded utilities, I was able to format the card into FAT32 format (as Windows 7 wouldn't let me format it FAT32 using standard windows utilities). I put it into the 3DS and everything works great.
Now, 2ish years later, I have a new Windows 8.1 computer. For a couple of reasons (backing up my games so I don't have to redownload and to upgrade to the New Nintendo 3DSXL) I want to be able to view the card on my new computer. Whenever I use my card reader, Windows asks me to format the card. When I open disk management, the card shows as unallocated space.
To test everything, I (literally) dusted off my old laptop (that I used to format the card in the first place) and I viewed the card. I could view all of the files on the card. In disk management, the card was listed as formatted FAT32.
So, is there a way to view the FAT32 formatted 64gb micro SD card on my Windows 8.1 computer?
I would like the be able to do this quickly and easily in the future, as a way to backup my 3DS's data.
Thank you for your help.
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