If you need a USB drive that's widely compatible with different devices, you may want to format it to FAT32. Here's how to do so on Mac and PC.

That's usually not a problem when formatting a drive from a Windows PC, but regardless, this tool ensures you'll never run into that. How to format (initialize) a new internal hard drive ...

On Windows 10, you can quickly format a USB flash drive to erase content or fix data corruption using File Explorer, Disk Management, PowerShell, and Command Prompt, and here’s how.

Sometimes you may find that your USB stick has a virus. In that case, you need to format it as quickly as possible in order to stop that virus from being spread to other computers. To do so, plug ...

I can format it with Disk Utility on my Mac (which now has Paragon NTFS, which is why I'm trying to format this thing again), and it was successful. As soon as I put it in my Windows machine, it ...

If you need a USB drive that's widely compatible with different devices, you may want to format it to FAT32. Here's how to do so on Mac and PC.

This article first appeared on January 25, 2012. You probably have more USB sticks than you know what to do with, but there may come a time when you need to format one. To do so, plug it in to ...