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  1. 11-11-2020, 10:23 AM #1
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    Micro SD card formatting question?

    The website indicates up to a 32 GB "FORMATTED" card.

    How do you format the card? Want to be sure there are no glitches in uploading the software to my buddy's Helix units?

    Thanks!!
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    #2 11-11-2020, 10:52 AM
    Just like a floppy drive....
    Wash your hands and say your prayers, cause Jesus and germs are everywhere.
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    #3 11-11-2020, 11:07 AM
    Put the card in your computer, locate the Drive that it is in, right click on the drive and select Format. The next panel that is displayed should have FAT32 as the format, if it doesn't change the format to FAT32.
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    #4 11-11-2020, 07:13 PM
    According to SanDisk website, they are already formatted.
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    #5 11-11-2020, 07:28 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by mdwhitten View Post
    According to SanDisk website, they are already formatted.
    Yes they are but to what?
    Could be NTFS
    Could be exFAT


    Just opened a new SanDisk Ultra PLUS package with a 32GB card, it is formatted FAT32
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