MS DOS format usb format

hi
i have usb flash 32gb usb3.0 'Recently i reformatted on MS DOS format like Usually this last time i used this usb
now i wanna used again 'but showing a (80kb only) i don't know if the problem for the format or usb hardware
i try another pc or mac and the same thing (80kb)

In the interest of finishing this thought, a solution was reached for this problem. I'm posting it here if anyone in the future has a problem with this, and searches the archives...
The friend I was researching this for came upon this solution after taking it to a local Mac dealer:
"You have to select the tab for "partition"
and then it will allow you to format as MS-DOS. In
playing around with Disk Utility, I found that if the
disk itself is selected, you don't see the partition
tab, but if you select the floppy drive itself, then
you not only see the partition tab, but the erase tab
shows the MS-DOS option."
Patrick Kachurek
Fairborn, OH
[email protected]

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