makermonstr
MakerMonstr
Hello there... I have a Sandisk 32GB USB drive that has been formatted (MANY TIMES NOW on Both my PC and Mac, just to make sure). Masso keeps telling me the USB Pen Drive is not formatted as Fat32. What am I missing here?
Sandisk 32Gb USB Drive not recognised on MASSO?
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zombieengineer
ZombieEngineer
@makermonstr
In Windows when you right mouse click the drive to format you get a chance to choose the file system type, this is where you choose FAT32.
In Windows when you right mouse click the drive to format you get a chance to choose the file system type, this is where you choose FAT32.
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zombieengineer
ZombieEngineer
There is a secondary issue with USB drives - they can be formatted as either a single "volume" or formatted like a hard disk with partitions.
I might need to break out the IT black magic (windows command line program) to help you reset the drive into a format that MASSO is expecting. I need to do some trial-and-error checks before posting the relevant instructions. I suspect it will look something like these instructions (omit the SIZE option to use all the space of your USB drive).
I might need to break out the IT black magic (windows command line program) to help you reset the drive into a format that MASSO is expecting. I need to do some trial-and-error checks before posting the relevant instructions. I suspect it will look something like these instructions (omit the SIZE option to use all the space of your USB drive).
makermonstr
MakerMonstr
Hmmm yeah I've actually tried both of these methods already. Did the normal format to fat32 first (a few times just to be 100% certain I was choosing the fat32 option). Then I did see that there was a second partition on there. So I did the command line clean thing. Made sure there was only a single partition and formatted again. I've tried these things a few times now and nothing has worked. Only thing I've not tried is formatting via the command line. Have used the right click, disk management and Mac's disk utility options.
Beginning to think the USB stick is just stuffed. Although the computers can see it, read and write to it just fine.
It's not that big a deal really. USB sticks are cheap, I'll grab a new one. I thought it might have been something simple. I had this USB drive laying around and I thought it would work better than the old 2GB SanDisk one I've been using.
I believe the old SanDisk one is causing issues with wifi transfers. They often error out. I believe because they can't write fast enough to the USB and everything times out.
Thanks for the replies though! ?
Beginning to think the USB stick is just stuffed. Although the computers can see it, read and write to it just fine.
It's not that big a deal really. USB sticks are cheap, I'll grab a new one. I thought it might have been something simple. I had this USB drive laying around and I thought it would work better than the old 2GB SanDisk one I've been using.
I believe the old SanDisk one is causing issues with wifi transfers. They often error out. I believe because they can't write fast enough to the USB and everything times out.
Thanks for the replies though! ?
breezy
Moderator
@makermonstr
I use SanDisk 16Gb USB3, although MASSO USB ports are USB2. Occasionally I get Win10 saying files corrupted after writing to them from MASSO, quick scan & fix by Win10 fixes it.
Regards,
Arie.
I use SanDisk 16Gb USB3, although MASSO USB ports are USB2. Occasionally I get Win10 saying files corrupted after writing to them from MASSO, quick scan & fix by Win10 fixes it.
Regards,
Arie.