Windows 10: How to Format to FAT16 not FAT16 LBA in Win10?

Hi,I tried to format a PCMCIA card to FAT16CHS in Win10 PC. The Microsoft changed the FAT16 format to FAT16 LBA when formatting the using the normal Format.com in windows. I have now searched the net for another format program that can run under win 10, but have until now been unable to find one that works, any good ideas?And also, from which windows version, the Micrisoft changed the FAT16 format to FAT16LBA? Where can I get the official information for this change? Is there any documentation describing this change?

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Win 10, Format to FAT16 not FAT16 (LBA)

It just dawned on me that our voting machines use the PCMCIA card. I haven't been able to get in touch with the IT person for the county that maintains them so don't have any particulars as to the OS or the card's formatting. How large are the cards? FAT/FAT16 has limits.
Maybe some help:
Format PCMCIA card with FAT16 format for MICB upgrade - Nortel: CS1000 (Meridian) systems - Tek-Tips
software to format pcmcia as fat16 at DuckDuckGo
Just for kicks I plugged in a 256MB Thumb drive and found that File Explorer chose FAT for formatting it, other options were FAT32, NTFS and exFAT. FAT16 is pretty much limited to 2GB partition size. The use of LBA/Logical Block Addressing was generally by the BIOS in setting up HDDs.
File Allocation Table - Wikipedia
Logical block addressing - Wikipedia

EDIT: Just found a 2GB Thumb drive in my parts box and checked, Win10 File Explorer shows it will indeed format 2GB as FAT [FAT16]. Bottom line: looks like using a Linux machine would work if wanting FAT16 over 2GB. I just checked the drive on my Linux Mint 17 and it has GPARTED installed [by default] and it can format 2GB as FAT16 so the main thing is how large the capacity of the PCMCIA card is.

 

Win 10, Format to FAT16 not FAT16 (LBA)

Hi

The card is on 64 MB.

As your link to "File Allocation Table - Wikipedia" are there different types of the: FAT16 the one we need is 0x06

 

Win 10, Format to FAT16 not FAT16 (LBA)

Hi

We have 15 win 10 tablets that read and format a PCMCIA card, this is used for data transfer from helicopter health monitoring system.

After the latest update have Microsoft changed the FAT16 format to FAT16 (LBA) when formatting the using the normal Format.com in windows. This can our helicopters not read.

We are running the format from the command prompt (batch program)

We have talked to Microsoft support – they acknowledge our problem – “but they are unable to help”
Microsoft suggest update the helicopter – that is not an option.

We have now searched the net for another format program that can run under win 10, but have until now been unable to find one that works, any good ideas?

Best Regards,

Peter