===== Format a USB key for Windows =====
Create a partition on your USB key using **gdisk**, with format type 0700
linux-vk9y:~ # gdisk -l /dev/sdb
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sdb: 15466496 sectors, 7.4 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): F9AE86DD-375B-4496-9DBD-66F405323159
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 15466462
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 2014 sectors (1007.0 KiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 15466462 7.4 GiB 0700 Microsoft basic data
Now you can use the **dosfstools** to format
linux-vk9y:~ # mkdosfs -F 32 -I /dev/sdb1
linux-vk9y:~ # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt