Re: Sansa Clip+ and SD card format

Tom Cole via rockbox <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.systems.archos.rockbox.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
xFat is a completely different format from FAT32 and won't work in Rockbox.

As Windows won't format anything greater than 32gb as FAT32, you need to use a utility such as fat32format. Search for it using Google. 

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Sunday, 13 September 2015 2:26 pm +1200 from Glenn via rockbox  <[email protected]>:
>Well, I finally got to the end, and 
got the message that 64GB is too large for FAT32.
>Since an XFAT did not work before, I 
thought I'd try it again, only doing a quick format, and that 
worked.
>Glenn
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: Glenn via 
  rockbox
>>To: Rockbox
>>Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 8:36 
  PM
>>Subject: Sansa Clip+ and SD card 
  format
>>
>>Hi,
>>I had tried to format my 64GB SD 
  card on my Windows 7 computer as xFat, and it kept failing.
>>I even tried it at the 
  command-line.
>>So I'm in the process of formatting 
  it FAT32 in the command line.
>>It is taking hours, and it is 
  mostly done, but my question is,
>>Will the FAT32 work on the Sansa 
  Clip+?
>>Thanks.
>>Glenn
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