Format as FAT32 in Windows

Funny enough, I thought the only reason to use FAT32 anymore was due to transferring data between Mac and PC. Well, in comes Tesla. In order to use their “Sentry Mode,” you have to format your drive to FAT32. There are plenty of third-party apps you can download, but I don’t necessarily want to download something for single use. The one I suggest, if FDISK seems a little daunting, to take a look at is fat32format. It is a simple little program and is a ‘portable’ version (does not need to be installed). Check it out here: http://ridgecrop.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm. If you are little more brave, here are the steps to do it on your own:

1. In the Start menu, type cmd, and then right-click the entry for the cmd program and select Run As Administrator.
2. At the command prompt, enter diskpart. The prompt line should now display “DISKPART”.
3. Enter list disk.
4. Enter select disk X, where X is the number of your selected disk.
5. Enter clean.
6. Enter create partition primary.
7. Enter select partition 1.
8. Enter active.
9. Enter format fs=fat32.
10. Enter assign.
11. Enter exit.