Registry Settings for FAT Format Options (Compact 2013)
3/26/2014
You can use registry settings to configure formatting options for a file allocation table (FAT) file system. These registry settings are located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS.
These values can also be set in registry settings for a profile, which represents settings for a specific storage media.
Name |
Type |
Description |
Default Value |
|---|---|---|---|
FormatClusterSize |
REG_DWORD |
The size of a cluster on a disk, in bytes. For FAT, the maximum value is 32 KB. For TexFAT, the maximum value is 1 MB. For ExFAT, the maximum value is 32 MB. Applies to FAT, TexFAT, ExFAT file systems. |
None. |
FormatExfat |
REG_DWORD |
Indicates whether to format a partition for ExFAT. Set to 1 to format the volume as ExFAT when the volume is automatically formatted or when FAT receives IOCTL_DISK_FORMAT_VOLUME. |
The default value is 0 (zero). |
FormatFatVersion |
REG_DWORD |
Reserved. Do not use. |
None. |
FormatNumberOfFats |
REG_DWORD |
Reserved. Use FormatTFat instead. |
None. |
FormatTFat |
REG_DWORD |
Indicates whether to format a partition for TexFAT. Set to 1 to format volume as TexFAT when the volume is automatically formatted or when FAT receives IOCTL_DISK_FORMAT_VOLUME. Applies to TexFAT file system only. |
None. |
FullFormat |
REG_DWORD |
Set to 1 to request a full format when the volume is automatically formatted. Applies to FAT, TexFAT, and ExFAT file systems. |
None. |
SecureWipe |
REG_DWORD |
Set to 1 to erase user data when the volume is automatically formatted. Applies to FAT, TexFAT, and ExFAT file systems. |
None. |