cannot format driver E: - Page 2

Chai · 26th Jan 2006, 05:29 PM

Network, CDRW, or just borrow a thumb drive from someone!

kayFX · 26th Jan 2006, 08:49 PM

i use floppy disk

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Adrian Wong · 27th Jan 2006, 03:10 AM

I don't think you can format flash drives as NTFS volumes. The most you can do is FAT32. Smaller flash memory drives are limited to only FAT.

Bestia(ry) · 29th Jan 2006, 02:36 PM

Well, afaik does nearly any thumbdrive support NTFS, but NTFS does not flush data to the disk immediately, in addition, removing NTFS-formatted media without using the Safe Removal application can result in data loss.
Like ppl said, for removable media that can be ejected unexpectedly, you should use FAT (12, 16, 32) instead.

^^

luqman · 30th Jan 2006, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kayFX

i use floppy disk

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lol, ya i dunno its kinda old supports up to 275MB am trying to get a one that supoorts a gig

but ya it does support NTFS but it says it will do it next time I boot the system~ and then it doesn't! how weired is that?

Chai · 30th Jan 2006, 12:44 AM

Er...please get your facts right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table

luqman · 30th Jan 2006, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

Er...please get your facts right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table

no wonder it didn't work thanks for the link chai

fyire · 5th Feb 2006, 11:51 PM

kinda curious though, what happens when thumb drive sizes get beyond the limit that FAT supports?

Chai · 6th Feb 2006, 01:12 AM

FAT32 is more than what a thumbdrive is capable of supporting, 4TB, not even the latest HDD is that huge.

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30th Jan 2006, 12:44 AM	#16 (permalink)
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fyire I'm a regular Join Date: 15 Jan 2004 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 350 Reputation: 15 Rep Power: 5	kinda curious though, what happens when thumb drive sizes get beyond the limit that FAT supports?

6th Feb 2006, 01:12 AM	#19 (permalink)
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