Nitemare9

I bought a 256G SD card on Amazon for about $100.00. It was formatted to exFAT. That's not compatible with the PDR that requires FAT32 format and is limited to the size.
I formatted it to FAT32 with a free software from Cnet.com. The results gave me 6318 minutes or 105.3 hours = 4.38 days of recording time. The site for the free download is: //download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Part-dlPid=10982635

The software at ridgecrop.demon.co.uk is a virus that attacks your computer.

Hope this is useful information for you guys with PDR.

...............Bill

Nitemare9

Could be a sticky?????

cheapthrills

A windows based computer won't format it without extra software?

ArcticC7

I had trouble with EVERY SD car I tried. The PDR would work sometime sometime not. I formatted to FAT32 and still having trouble with it finding the 32GB card. Once I installed a 16GB card into it no problems at all.

Nitemare9

Using on my computer with Windows 8.1 and the software worked with no problems and easy. The wife did it while I was being frustrated trying other stuff.

tachi1247

for whatever reason, windows limits new fat32 partitions to 32GB. there is the software OP linked or there are several others available on the internet.

Woodson

FYI this works for the PDR card but not the music card.

Liran

You can use Windows 10 Command line to format SD Card greater than 32GB to FAT32, You'll have to be patient and to this:

1. Using your Windows File Explorer note down the drive letter of the SD Card you want to format (Usually E , F , G and above)

2. Open a command window by directly typing CMD in Windows 10 start menu search box and hit "Enter"
Windows 10 will open the Command Prompt window.

3. Type the command "format /FS:FAT32 G:" at the prompt. G is the drive letter of your USB or external hard drive in Windows 10. If it's not for your case, replace the drive letter G with your own letter.

4. Hit Enter. Windows 10 will go ahead and begin formatting the USB flash drive​ or external hard drive into FAT32.

Formatting large volume drives may take time and the quick format options is not valid when changing from one format to anther

skytop

The EaseUS Partion software downloaded directly from EASEUS site or CNET both contain dangerous viruses. Be advised NOT to install them.

Thunder22

Is formatting to fat32 really a requirement anymore? I have 2 128GB cards in the car (music and PDR) and they worked right out of the box without reformatting.

Ramler

I bought a 64G Gorilla card and it had to be formatted to Fat32 before it would work. Then I bought a 32G Scandisk and it was already Fat32 so it worked right out of the box. I then bought a 64G card from Staples (PNY?) and it had to be formatted. The answer is Yes they must be FAt32 but some cards come that way.

Thunder22

none of the cards that I have used in my car are FAT32. I'll check again later, but I'm pretty certain.