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The size of a FAT32 partition cannot be changed without activities associated with reformatting the disk. Explain why this is so.

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what tool are you trying to use that indicates you need to reformat the disk? – ~quack Dec 7 at 19:54
oh, and what kind of disk? standard hard-drive, or USB stick/memory card? – ~quack Dec 7 at 19:55

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The size of a partition on a FAT 32 disk cannot be changed without activities associated with reformatting the disk.

says who?

of course you can expand FAT32 partitions without 'reformatting' or data loss (e.g. with EASEUS Partition Master)

however, it is recommended to backup the drive before tampering with partition tables.

EASEUS Partition Master Home is freeware.

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I recommend EASEUS Partition Master too. – Gepard Dec 7 at 21:42
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I didn't see a FAT32 partition in a while, though I do remember the underlying format. Anyway, are you certain that tools like gParted and Partition Magic cannot resize it?

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