Grant, this video you made is excellent. I just bought a 500GB pen flash drive that wouldn't work on my TV. Other videos all said just convert it to FAT32 which of course I couldn't. But I did with that program you showed us. EXCELLENT result. USB now recognised. You're a top man, Grant. Great explanation and great result. Cheers!! SUBSCRIBED!!

@GrantButler

4 ай бұрын

So glad the video helped!

Thanks. I used this app to re-format a 128GB USB drive to FAT32 for use with my FireTVStick. I am SO glad you had the same error pop up and how to get it to work!

@GrantButler

10 ай бұрын

Glad my video helped!

Great tutorial. clear and detailed enough for the curious. It solves a problem so I can update the NAV maps for my car.

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

Thanks

Thank you so so much...just saved me lots of box, I bought flash drives exFAT format, 64GB, non worked on my SmartTV but after I stumbled on your Tutorial, BOOM!!!! both work perfectly well. God bless you!

@GrantButler

4 ай бұрын

So happy it helped!

Thanks for making this Video. Very helpful, especially with Ex Fat and NTFS format, saved me time researching. When using flash drives on older devices.

@GrantButler

Ай бұрын

@Carl-zr4wp I'm so glad this video helped!

Thank you so much for your help, in explaining the Fat 32 formatting, very clearly. Thank you.

@GrantButler

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad it helped!

Wonderful tutorial , here knowledge is important , if you are an IT guy or non IT is not important , Talent leads to success , Thanks brother for helping lot of subscribers .

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

I think having someone who isn't IT makes it easier for normal people to understand because I'm not using their fancy terminology.

thank you very much for the tutorial! this was very straightforward and easy to follow

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

That was my goal! Thank you so much!

This solved the issue for me. Superb work, thanks so much

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

So glad it helped!

I just formatted my 256GB Corsair from exFAT to FAT32! Thanks for making it easy! Now I can plugin to any Pioneer CDJ devices

@GrantButler

6 ай бұрын

Awesome! I'm glad this video helped!

@genlongtsang1093

Ай бұрын

How can i format my usb to normal

THANKS YOU!!! I was searching for tool like this for an hour and just downloaded 10 apps that wanted my F... money to do 2 sec job!!!

@GrantButler

Ай бұрын

Glad you found this one

Well done ,Sir! Cracking up trying to use a 128GB Sandisk Cruzer Blade in a Mini R56.Many reformat attempts failed using windows. Kept saying not detected until following your steps. My thanks :^)

@GrantButler

2 ай бұрын

So glad it helped!

Great tutorial video explaining things clearly and succinctly. Ty!

@GrantButler

Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it! Thanks for watching!

@tomasotreasaigh111

8 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler yeah but the fact that at about 6:31 you showed a 'letter' from RidgeCROP had me questioning your validity for a bit. lol. A man has gotta pay attention in this world.

@bigkahuna2084

7 ай бұрын

​@@tomasotreasaigh111 It says 'RidgeCrop' because that is the actual name (see right before when Grant does the google search) Grant is just mispronouncing it 'RidgeCORP' (which would be an easy mistake, since it sounds a hell of a lot more logical than 'CROP' ... for a tech company)!! Sorry I just came to this video in December. 👍

It's working, Grant! I'm now able to use this SanDisk 128 GB pen drive on my local cable STB's USB drive, for the purpose of recording videos to my PVR. That STB detects only FAT32 drives.

@GrantButler

3 ай бұрын

Awesome

You are the best. I did some google searches about why my usb stopped working in my Mazda 3. It was just crazy stuff. I got a new computer and then was adding more music to my flash drive. I said why not just delete everything and start over. I thought well, why not really start fresh and just reformat the USB flash drive. It's 64 GB and the new computer had just two options so I picked the EXfat or you know. Then I downloaded my music and fixed some errors. Song 1 not in the folder. An Itunes version of the song and an MP3. Thought I had it all looking good. Went to the car and not dice. Like I said then did some google searches. Why does my USB flash drive no longer work in my 2021 Mazda 3 (note on 02/23/24 it's 5 days out of warranty). Then I did a youtube search and found you. I was like okay. The only thing that worried me was the "unsecure site". But I went with it. Then I didn't have my flash drive plugged in when I hit the start. I only saw the C: and D: drives and was like no, no don't do that. Plugged in my USB and then clicked on that. Reformatted it. Put my music back on it went to the garage and put in the flash drive. It worked, listened to parts of 3 songs and said good enough. Thank you so very much!

@GrantButler

5 ай бұрын

So glad my video helped! Thanks for sharing your story

Thank you so much! Helped you out.. excellent video

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

leaving a comment just to say that this is a nice and helpful video

@GrantButler

Ай бұрын

@@thexper9790 thank you so much!

it was so easy to follow. thank you

@GrantButler

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad this helped!

bro thank you so much for this video no homo but I love you so much I've been looking for hours and it worked

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

Awesome! I'm so glad you found the video! I love you too bro, especially if you subscribed after watching 😉 no homo of course. 😅

Dude you are my hero. Thank you very much. Now I can play my flac music in my car cd player.

@GrantButler

8 ай бұрын

Nice!

very helpful video, thank you!

@GrantButler

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video!

Thank you so much, it worked!

@GrantButler

9 ай бұрын

So glad to hear that!

Ultra helpful, thanks.

@GrantButler

3 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

thanks. very useful video. allowed me to format a stick I am using for our Tesla dashcam

@GrantButler

5 ай бұрын

Awesome, so glad the video helped!

BROOOOOO!!....THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VID AND EXPLAINING IT, STEP BY STEP.... FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME....CUZ I DON'T KNOW "SHIT"!!........ THANKS AGAIN, REMAIN STRONG AND GOD LUV YA!!....✌️😬🇺🇸

@GrantButler

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found the video! Thanks such a kind comment

This is very helpful. thanks.

@GrantButler

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helped!

thank you! this helped me format my hard drive so that I could replace my PS4 hard drive.

@GrantButler

18 күн бұрын

@@navyseabee0823 I'm so glad that my video could help.

Good job! Thank you.

@GrantButler

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks dud :) Now I can move some video to my old PS3 :)

@GrantButler

4 ай бұрын

Awesome!

Nice one !🤙

@GrantButler

10 ай бұрын

Thanks

Thanks :D ... needed the 64gb for the wii for homebrew :3

@GrantButler

9 ай бұрын

So glad I could help!

Thank you so much it helps alot

@GrantButler

14 күн бұрын

@@jeluinarupo9957 I'm so glad my video helped!

thank you it helped me a lot

@GrantButler

8 ай бұрын

So glad to hear that!

Thanks 👍 wery helpful

@GrantButler

4 ай бұрын

So happy I could help

Thank you, I needed to format my usb for my ps4

@GrantButler

2 ай бұрын

So glad my video could help!

Bravo Maestro 🦾

@GrantButler

7 ай бұрын

Thanks

Thank you So Much❤

@GrantButler

4 күн бұрын

@@justinad8222 glad I could help

Thanks for introducing GUI version

@GrantButler

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Found this - OG PS3 back back up is possible now✌️

@GrantButler

Жыл бұрын

Glad you found the video

thank you so much sir

@GrantButler

10 ай бұрын

Glad I could help

You're the best!!!!!!!!!!

@GrantButler

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Muito Obrigado irmão sucesso sempre

@GrantButler

7 ай бұрын

👍

Thanks! My new Mazda will only read music files from a USB drive if it is formatted to FAT32.

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

Its crazy how many thing still only use FAT32

Thanks i able to format my 3 64gb HIKSEMI flash drive thanks alot

@GrantButler

9 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

hey, that was coo.

@GrantButler

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

thank you

@GrantButler

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

grazie mille..from italy

@GrantButler

9 ай бұрын

What?

the best !

@GrantButler

7 ай бұрын

👍

Thank you

@GrantButler

4 ай бұрын

No problem

dont suppose you could recommend some usb drives to me that work w this program that have 1-2TB in them? if possible ones from amazon

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

SanDisk is the only reputable brand I trust that has one that size amzn.to/458gqMg

Thank for the info but i dont have a computer to format it. Do you know how to do it on a phone?

@GrantButler

8 ай бұрын

I do not, I'm sorry

I have a 16tb flash drive with exfat format so I have m2ts & MP4 neither will play on windows media player so any suggestions

@GrantButler

Жыл бұрын

It was a scam. It's likely only 32gb. Check out my video where I got scammed too kzread.info/dash/bejne/dmGN2Y-ehNfUZZs.html

@mazzabarz8216

Жыл бұрын

Got a bit of a long question I have kodak 128 gb flash drive. Exfat. I can put music files on it from my tablet but try it on my LG smart TV it won't work i formatted to fat32 on TV but won't work on tablet tried nttp format but won't work either any ideas would be good. Pointless having usb in TV if nothing works I've tried the usb and it works on other things.

Does this work on external hard drives( 1TB) it wont show on my smart tv

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

I never thought of that. You'll have to try it and let me know

Hello thank for this. pls formatting to fat32 wi it work for radio

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

Radio?

does anyone know if by doing this the usb becomes able to update bios ?

@GrantButler

6 ай бұрын

Have you found out yet? I think you should be able to.

First thing I liked your video, the problem I am having is after using the program to for my 128 GB U drive to Fat32 and download the music I want to play in my car. What happens is after ejecting the USB drive from my windows 11 Hp laptop, my car system will not read the drive and when I plug it back into my laptop, it will not read the drive but tray to reformat the drive back to the windows exfat format. Any Help?

@GrantButler

2 ай бұрын

What format is in in when you plug it back into your computer after it didn't work with your car?

@RustieBrown

2 ай бұрын

Properties come up blank

hey man, i formatted my Sandisk Ultra USB3.0 to FAT32 via the Rufus software and it says it was completed, but when i go to the format settings of the USB in file explorer it still says it is on exFAT

@GrantButler

23 күн бұрын

@cobyparker784 well, I think this video uses different software

Not sure about when I click start on Ridge Corp. it says that this is not a secure file. It may have been tampered with.

@GrantButler

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, Ridge corp isn't authenticated with Microsoft. so it will have security errors. You could always take it to a PC repair shop to pay them to do it for you.

Dude i have hdd disktop 300GB suppoted only exFAT &NFTS "only " so I ASK if i can format it to FAT32 🙏

@GrantButler

5 ай бұрын

Should be able to.

I have Windows 11 and a SAMDATA USB flashdrive. I went through the Format process as you described, but I got the following message: Windows was unable to complete the format. Do you know the problem and how to resolve it?

@GrantButler

10 ай бұрын

What size is it?

@grumpykat2909

10 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler It's 32GB. I'm currently in the process using the CMD Diskpart and eventually using the Format command. Let me know if I'm going in the right direction.

@GrantButler

10 ай бұрын

​@grumpykat2909 for only 32gb you should be able to format it as FAT32 from the regular file explorer. Try the section of my video at 11:45 but before you format it select FAT32 as the "file system" that should work

@grumpykat2909

10 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler I tried earlier using file explorer and the only options were NTFS/FAT and it still failed. Anyway, I just completed using DISKPART which I did an Attribute Disk Clear ReadOnly followed by the CLEAN command. Next, I created a partition with command, Create Partition Primary. Then I used the following command: FORMAT FS=FAT32 Quick. It completed successfully. 👍

@GrantButler

10 ай бұрын

@@grumpykat2909 I'm glad you figured it out!

Can I format TB portable SSD in Fat32?

@GrantButler

Жыл бұрын

I don't think so, but you can try

Is there any equivalent software for mac?

@GrantButler

6 ай бұрын

I'm not sure. I think I was told once that Mac can only format to FAT32

Did Not Work on my OPESEL 64GB USB Drive. Error Notification: "(failed to open device) the process cannot access file because it is being used in another process". are you able to provide guidance...and as fyi provide guidance to proper Allocation Unit Size (which I'm unclear). THX

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

It almost sounds like you're 64 GB Drive might not actually be 64 GB. Try formatting it to NTFS and then try bringing it back to FAT32

@akdrumster

11 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler THX ..that did the trick. I first attempted to format the usb drive on my drum module (as advised) and rec'd msg it was unable to read the device. Roland (e drums) recommended reformat to FAT32 tho wasn't an option. Search on how lead me to you. Thanks again Grant.

@BlueCrystalTear

4 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler thank you for providing this clarification. I was getting the same error with a Samsung Bar+ 128GB and that addressed the problem. Appreciate it!

Mine would only reformat if I unchecked quick format.

@GrantButler

8 ай бұрын

Interesting. I haven't seen that before

I downloaded shows to a flash drive and when I plug it into my blue ray player it won't recognize anything. I reformatted it from NTS (something) to FAT32 with no change. What am I doing wrong.

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

Have you checked the compatible formats of the files that your Blu-ray player works with?

@jeanne4856

11 ай бұрын

No I didn't. how would I do that? @@GrantButler

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

@@jeanne4856 I'd start with Google

im so frustrated why the fd didn't come already formatted to fat332 being it is 256gb.

@GrantButler

2 ай бұрын

thats weird. I'm sorry

Hi my car is Toyota 2010 but it can not read my Sandisk 64GB it show NO SUPPORT on screen I followed your way but it still can not work but Thank you.

@GrantButler

4 ай бұрын

It sounds more like your file formats might be unsupported

Video is ok, but I'm not all very familiar on some aspects. At 7:59 it was mentioned that... "All data will be lost", (when formatting the drive to FAT32). Question...Is that data on the drive the same as everything you have on the computer? When "All the data will be lost", does that mean you will lose everything you saved on the computer or laptop, everything on your desktop, everything on your hard drive will be gone if you format your "Drive" to FAT32?

@GrantButler

7 ай бұрын

It only deletes data on the flash drive that you are formatting. Your laptop/PC should be fine as long as you select the correct drive.

@frankp8173

7 ай бұрын

Sounds good appreciate that

i've formattted my hp flash driver from exFat to FAT32, under properties, it showed FAT 32 but when i clicked format, the file system still NTFS and exFat, and didnt show FAT 32, why?

@GrantButler

3 ай бұрын

Because of the size of the drive.

@samtsen2215

3 ай бұрын

what should i do then? i've copied 3 videos from pc to flash drive but only 1 video can play when i plug into my handphone, the rest show unsupported format

@GrantButler

2 ай бұрын

oh, that not your flashdrive's format. that's the video format. You'll have to convert the video to a format your phone can read. maybe look at the one that is working and see if you can convert it to that format.

I just dont understand why you need fat32 for MB bios updates.

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

It's because it's the original and most basic language that computers started with. Mac's ONLY use FAT32

Did this through Rufus then had to format it on my onn box wouldn't migrate my data to drive so it doesn't work

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

I'm sorry it didn't work for you.

@dtechvinnie

11 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler buying another one that one I bought off Amazon going to get a quality make flash drive

@GrantButler

11 ай бұрын

@@dtechvinnie good choice, I've gotten a few scam drives off Amazon

I don't use the 32GB flash drive. Mine is 16GB so won't I be able to do it

@GrantButler

9 ай бұрын

If you go to 2:14 I actually show you how to do it without using the extra software. For flash drives under 32 GB (LIKE YOURS) software is built into any Windows computer

@princegorman2979

9 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler I don't use a computer so how will I do it on my smart phone

@GrantButler

9 ай бұрын

@princegorman2979 not sure, probably have to go to a library.

Malware bytes did´nt allow me to open the website or download the software : /

@GrantButler

5 күн бұрын

@@pontz8 sounds like your anti-virus doesn't like the website

It still read it as MS-DOS :/ on my mac

@GrantButler

4 ай бұрын

I wonder if your Mac can natively format it to FAT32

@Itstheoccasion

4 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler no it’s only shows exfat

I was considering buying a new Fat32 drive but this worked great on my 64gb Sandisk. It isn't actually 64gb its 57gb. I hate the way they lie about the capacity. That's 7gb !

@GrantButler

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's kinda funny how they do that

@HitchHikersBlues

7 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler it's kind of funny how they get away with that. I can understand 1gb maybe, but 7gb? I felt like I was robbed. Why didn't they just state 57gb on the drive? Anyway, thanks for the info. It was only 15 quid but it saved me having to buy a new one. Not sure I'll but that brand again though.

What about a new USB, I have been uploading pictures straight from my external to the USB and no problems. Should I be formatting new USB’s if I will upload pictures?

@GrantButler

5 ай бұрын

If it's working, I wouldn't format it if you don't have a reason to.

@royaltykidstv

5 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler aha I see, so only format when there is a problem when trying to upload?

@GrantButler

5 ай бұрын

@royaltykidstv yeah kinda. There are some reasons but they're very rare.

@royaltykidstv

5 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler Thank you

Not working bro, there is no option for my drive

@GrantButler

3 ай бұрын

Does your computer see your drive at all?

@tusharnarnawat7876

3 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler I have SanDisk dual drive which I ordered recently, it was working properly but I format it and afterwards it is not showing in my tv(old gen) now when I used ur method in ridgecorp, there is no option for the drive I want to convert fat32,

Lmao I did this with an external ssd because I couldn’t find a standard usb and was lazy and my 10tb ssd went to 3tb ssd fat32 lmao

@GrantButler

9 ай бұрын

🤣🤣 oh jeez

I got scammed on one of those so-called 1TB usb drives years ago off of ebay!

@GrantButler

4 ай бұрын

Same. I took down the video with mine.

@KW-od9lg

4 ай бұрын

@@GrantButlerI wound up throwing mine away because any program, file, movie or whatever i'd dl on the drive it would disappear and I'd lose it all. And of course ebay wouldn't take responsibility for letting this China-based scammer sell those things and wouldn't refund or do anything. The risks of ebay. You live and learn...

For free was there ever a charge 😊

Mine doesn’t even have the option for fat 32, which is why I thought we were watching this video. So you obviously have the option for that so I’m confused.

@GrantButler

2 ай бұрын

There may have been updates to the website or the program since I made this video

Malwarebytes shows Ridgecrop Fat32 to be infected with a Trojan. Not sure if it is a false positive.

@GrantButler

3 ай бұрын

If you're not sure, it doesn't make a difference

@Robert-th8ud

3 ай бұрын

@@GrantButler Not helpful!

Safety Feature: can’t format your C drive if it is running

@GrantButler

5 ай бұрын

That makes sense

scam drive? lol

@GrantButler

2 ай бұрын

I've had those before too

Not sure about when I click start on Ridge Corp. it says that this is not a secure file. It may have been tampered with.

@GrantButler

2 ай бұрын

Any luck figuring it out?