Does flash drive have to be formatted to NTFS to be able to download Win 10?

[simonchipmunk]

I want to use the media Creation Tool to download Windows 10 to a SanDisk 8GB Cruzer Pop. The flash drive is preformatted to FAT32.
I had a set of 2 of this brand of flash drive, and i reformatted one of them to NTFS.
And now none of my pcs recognize it.
will Windows 10 download to the one that is still FAT32?
will i be able to install Windows 10 from the flash drive?
i appreciate any advice recommendations offered.

 

[Math Geek]

i'm pretty sure the media creator will format the usb drive to whatever it needs it to be. it's all automated and i don't recall having to decide what way to format it.

 

[Dunlop0078]

The media creation tool takes care of that, it will reformat the drive before it even adds the OS. It does not matter what file system you are using before you use the media creation tool its going to reformat it anyways.

 

[skit75]

FAT32 had a 4GB file size limitation if I recall. If the download is bigger than that (I believe it is) you will need NTFS, if you are downloading to the flash drive.

 

[weberdarren97]

To answer the main of your question, it doesn't matter because the Media Creation Tool will format it to whatever format it needs it to be.

To help with your dead flash drive, what did you use to format it? I would use diskpart, which is a program that can be interfaced with via command prompt.

The instructions below pertain to the flash drive that has become inoperable after the attempted format to NTFS.

To use diskpart, open command prompt as administrator, then type in diskpart. Command prompt will become the interface to the diskpart program. Next, enter the command "list disk". It will reply with all disks. Then select the disk that has the same capacity of the flash drive by entering the command "select disk [number]". Do not include brackets. It will reply saying that whatever number disk is now the selected disk.
Now that you've selected the right disk, enter the command "clean". Clean erases all contents of the disk, even the partitioning information. It will reply that it has successfully cleaned the disk. Next, enter the command "create partition primary". It will say that it has created the partition. Now enter the command "select partition 1". It will reply that it's created the partition.
Now we've created a partition, so let's format it. Enter the command "format fs=ntfs quick". It may take a few minutes to execute this command. It will reply that it has successfully formatted the disk. Next, enter the command "assign" to give the disk a drive letter (F:\, G:\, etc.). A window may appear at this point showing the empty contents of the flash drive. Close any window except for command prompt.
Now, we need to exit diskpart and then exit command prompt. Just enter the command "exit" and it will say "leaving diskpart..." and you're now back to a standard command prompt. Enter the command "exit" again and the command prompt window should close.

I hope this helps.

 

[Diego Liporace]

i use rufus to create bootable instalation

 

[weberdarren97]

i use rufus to create bootable instalation

I have never had a problem with the media creation tool