Windows Hard Drive Volume Format Partition File System exFAT Missing

This post describes why the exFAT option is sometimes missing from the File system drop down when formatting a hard disk drive volume in Windows using Disk Management.

Windows Hard Disk Drive Volume Format Partition File System exFAT Missing

Cause

This issue can occur when the size of the volume you are formatting is less than 32GB, which is the maximum partition size limit using the FAT or FAT32 file system format on Windows.

If you format a volume below 4GB, you will see FAT and FAT32 in the file system drop down, but not exFAT, as per the screenshot above.

If you format a volume above 4GB but below 32GB, you will see FAT32 in the file system drop down, but not exFAT:

Windows Hard Disk Drive Volume Format Partition File System FAT Missing

Resolution

If you format a volume above 32GB, you will see exFAT in the file system drop down:

Windows Hard Disk Drive Volume Format Partition File System exFAT Showing

Alternatively, you can use format.exe in a command prompt to format the volume as exFAT.


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