I need to format SD card Ext4 Windows.
It is busted in Windows Explorer, orDisk Management.
However, making the right choice sometimes might be difficult since there are various types of file systems.
This article puts forward several ways to fix it.
Nowadays, for Windows,NTFSis the most used file system, also the default one.
Windows also supports REFS,exFAT, and FAT32.
Microsoft is removing support for REFS from Windows 10 Pro.
Want to format an external hard drive for Mac and Windows PC?
This post will show specific methods to make external hard drive compatible with Mac and PC.
Apart from the reasons we put there, you might have various reasons according to your own specific situation.
Well, no matter what, the need is to format Ext4 Windows.
Cannot Format Ext4 Windows?
MiniTool Partition Wizard Can Help You.
Windows built-in tools cannot format Ext4 Windows.
Lets see what will happen if using Windows built-in tool to format Ext4 file system.
No Ext4 option exists.
See the image below.
So, neither of them can format your storage unit to Ext4.
Afree partition manager MiniTool Partition Wizard can be your Ext4 formatter Windows.
With its user-friendly interface and straightforward guidance, these operations are easy for everyone.
For the format Ext4 Windows issue, the feature Format Partition is required.
This feature is really powerful.
hit the button below to get the Ext4 formatter Windows.
Here we will take a hard disk partition as an example.
Step 3 format Ext4 Windows
After clicking Format Partition feature, you will enter theFormat Partitionwindow.
Select it and clickOKto continue.
Step 4 apply this operation
Now you’re free to preview the effect.
On the contrary, if you decide to perform this operation, clickApply.
When the process is finished, the hard disk partition is formatted to Ext4 successfully.
While you cant view it in Windows Explorer or Disk Management because Windows cannot recognize Ext4 file system.
This can also be applied to SD card if you want to format SD card Ext4 Windows.
Step 4 click Apply to preserve your change
This is the last step.
Now you are back to the main interface.
ClickApplyfrom the top left to save the changes.
Finally, the partition is formatted as Ext4 file system successfully during creating a partition.
I found a fantastic partition tool MiniTool Partition Wizard can format Ext4 on Windows.
Ext3: Third Extended File System
Ext3 is short for third extended file system.
It was developed by Stephen Tweedie and was introduced in 2001.
It was available since Linux Kernel 2.4.15.
The main benefit of Ext3 is that it supports journaling feature.
The journaling feature has a dedicated area in the file system that keeps track of all changes.
When the system crashes, the file system is less likely to be corrupted due to the journaling.
You canconvert an Ext2 file system to Ext3 file system directly without data loss.
Ext4 supports huge single file size and overall file system size.
The maximum individual file size can reach to 16 TB.
The overall maximum Ext4 file system size is 1 EB (exabyte).
Ext4 also supports journaling, and you’re free to choose to turn the journaling feature off.
Actually, the formatting can be really easy as long as you have thepartition magic MiniTool Partition Wizard.
Of course, any suggestion or idea is appreciated.
