So that just leaves NTFS, which I initially couldn’t create on MacOS. Give the partition a name and select exFAT for the format. My new Windows setup crashed, and I had no way to use Advanced Recovery. Select the new untitled partition so we can format it as exFAT for use with both Mac and Windows. I tried formatting the USB exFAT instead of FAT32 format… The exFAT formatted USB won’t boot. If you use Windows, it is always a good idea to have a Windows 11 or Windows 10 Bootable USB around. This will boot, but then fail unless you have an NTFS formatted USB, because it couldn’t find C:/install.wim which is larger than 4GB, which is the max filesize possible with FAT32. Set the drive letter and file system on USB. Right-click the USB drive you intend to format and choose 'Format'. Download and launch EaseUS partition software. You are allowed to edit the partition labels and select cluster size at the same time. Set the file system as 'ExFAT' and tick 'Perform a quick format', click 'Start'. Open File Explorer and right-click the USB or external disk, select 'Format'.

Choose the exFAT file systemon this pageIf you want to format to FAT32 file system, then please choose FAT32. Connect the USB or external hard drive to Windows PC or laptop.

# this assumes it's mounted at /Volumes/WINDOWS10Ĭp -vrp /Volumes/CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9/* /Volumes/WINDOWS10 Connect the USB drive or pen drive to your computer. Which file system would you suggest for my device while formatting/erasing-> EXFAT, which both works on MAC and Windows 10 compatible with no limit in file. Launch AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard, right-click the partition you want to format, and select Format Partition. # Copy the iso contents to the USB stick Hdiutil mount ~/Downloads/Win10_20H2_v2_English_圆4.iso Copy to clipboard # Cribbed from Josh Beam

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