- In this video I'm going
to show you how to format
a USB thumb drive for use with a CDJ.
Now doing this ensures the
compatibility of that thumb drive
and the reason for that is because there
are tonnes of file systems out there.
Basically, when you format a thumb drive,
you are able to specify what type
of file system you're using.
Again, think of file system
as a way of organising things.
It's how the USB specifies
how a file is stored,
and it really depends,
what you're going to use,
based on what OS you're using,
whether you are on a Mac or on a PC,
some file systems work with both.
Now they all have their
advantages and disadvantages,
but there is only one system
at the time of this filming
that is as close to a
near universal file system
that you can use whenever you're
formatting a thumb drive
and that is called FAT32.
FAT32 is a file system
that basically works
with both Mac and Windows PCs.
and you're able to add
files, remove, and all that,
there is a file size
limit that means you can't
because how many songs do you have
that are upwards of five
gigabytes per track, right?
It's practically nonexistent, at least,
again, not at the time of this filming.
You're usually spinning with
mp3s, or even if you're using
high-res audio or FLAC
files, they're just like
a couple of hundred megabytes per song.
You don't have a song that's
larger than four gigs.
Another disadvantage is that,
while it's easy to do it
if you're using a Mac
computer, it's easy to format
a thumb drive using FAT32,
if you are on a Windows PC,
it can be a little bit difficult,
because FAT32 is a pretty old file system,
that's why it's pretty much compatible
with just about anything,
but there is a drawback.
It can't go beyond 32 gigabytes.
If you try to format a thumb
drive that's, let's say,
64 gigs, you can't just
plug it into your computer,
go to Windows, and then
format the thumb drive.
You're going to have to
download and instal an app
that lets your format that thumb drive
that's larger than 32 gigabytes,
and I'm going to show you
how to do that in this video.
So let's get to it.
So I'm here on my Mac
and I'm going to show you
how to format a thumb drive to FAT32.
It's pretty easy, just go to Applications,
scroll all the way down to Utilities,
because I've done the formatting
at one point in the past,
but let me just show you how easy it is.
Once you've selected the thumb drive,
Quick and easy, now you've
got it formatted to FAT32
and you can add music to
this and you can spin with it
on just about any CDJ or media player.
So for all you Windows PC
users, here's how to do it.
You need to first download an app
called FAT32 Format, and why is that?
Well, if you plug in a USB thumb drive
that is larger than 32
gigs, you won't be able
Here we are, down, and this
is my thumb drive over here,
USB Drive F, and it's not
being recognised because this
was previously formatted for Mac use.
Click on Format Disc and, as you can see,
the capacity is over 32 gigs.
This is a 64 gig drive and right now
the capacity is 59.5 GB.
If you go to File system,
you only get exFAT and NTFS,
and we don't want those file systems.
What we want is FAT32.
Again, we need that for the near universal
compatibility between Mac and PC devices,
as well as CDJs and other media players.
So no, this just won't do.
That's the reason why you need to
download the app called FAT32 Format.
Let's pull up our browser over here
and just type in fat32
format, let's download that.
It's not a very big app, so this should
download and instal pretty quickly.
Here we are, so once it's
finished downloading,
just run the app, follow the prompts.
Okay, cool, so this is the
FAT32 Format interface.
Now, make sure that you are pointing
to the right thumb drive location.
It's supposed to be drive F, here we are.
So yes, here we are, 63 gig or 64 gig.
Make sure the Allocation
unit size is set to 4096,
and then go ahead and type in
whatever name you want this to be.
CDJ DRIVE, and then click on Start.
"Do you really want to format drive F:\?
"All data will be lost!"
Yes, because again, whenever
you format a thumb drive,
you are basically erasing everything
and replacing the file
system that is built in it.
So, go ahead and click OK, make sure
you've backed everything up
if you got music in there.
Just wait for this to finish.
(computer dings)
Awesome, it's done, so click Close,
and we now have our FAT32
USB thumb drive formatted,
and can double check that by pulling
up Windows Explorer again.
Go into DRIVE F, it's now
accessible here in Windows.
Right-click, go to Properties,
and if you take a look
at this window, the
File system says FAT32,
so yes, mission accomplished.
That's all there is to it.
I hope you liked this
little technical video.
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