Formatting SD (Windows)
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Required Reading
This is an add-on section for formatting an SD card to work with the 3DS.
If the 3DS already recognizes the SD card, this guide is not required.
Esta página é destinada apenas a usuários do Windows. If you are not on Windows, check out the Formatting SD (Linux) or Formatting SD (Mac) pages.
What You Need
- The latest version of guiformat
Instructions
- Insira o cartão SD no seu computador
- If the SD card has any files and folders on it, copy everything to a folder on your computer
- Run
guiformat.exe
-
Select your SD card’s drive letter for “Drive”
Make sure you choose the correct drive letter, otherwise you might accidentally erase the wrong drive!
- Select a size for “Allocation unit size”
- If the SD card is 64GB or below, choose 32768
- If the SD card is above 64GB, choose 65536
- Enter anything for “Volume label”
- Ensure that “Quick Format” is selected
- Click “Start”
- Click “OK”
- Wait for the format to finish
- Click “Close”
- If the SD card had any files and folders on it before the format, copy everything back from your computer
Common Errors
- Failed to open device: GetLastError()=32
- Close everything that may be using the SD card, such as any File Explorer windows.