I recommend you select FAT 32 for microSD card or flash disk and NTFS if you have a bigger external hard drive or SSD portable drive. You can enter the name you want to call your storage device as well as select the file system format. Now click on the menu icon(3 vertical dots) on the Files App, and click on the Format device. On the bottom left panel, click on USB Drive. You might get a notification on the system tray prompting you to open the flash disk on the Files App. If it’s the smaller reversible oval-shaped USB-C port, then use that instead.
For instance, if it’s the big rectangular standard USB-A port, then plug it through one of the USB-A ports. Now to format your USB drive or portable drive, plug it in through a compatible port. This is because everything on it is going to be completely erased. Read more: exFAT, FAT32 or NTFS: Which one should you use to format your USB Flash disk?īefore you format your external storage device on your Chromebook, first backup any valuable data on it.
