cannot format driver E:

Discussion in 'General Hardware' started by luqman, Jan 25, 2006.

  1. luqman

    luqman Newbie

    :confused: ok i want to convert the external usb flash drive to ntfs how i do that??? i did convert E:/fs:NTFS and then it says its being used when its not nd then it says it will format next boot and when i restart the computer its still FAT :nuts: so does anybody know how i do this??
     
  2. aKho

    aKho beat around the bush

    in Windows XP, plug-in the usb flash drive, right-click and select Format. under File System, choose NTFS. click Start. :whistle:
     
  3. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Can Flash drive support NTFS? I don't think so...
     
  4. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    since when does flash drive use NTFS :haha:
     
  5. aKho

    aKho beat around the bush

    oh well.. :oops:
     
  6. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    LOL! I don't even own a thumb drive! :haha:
     
  7. acedriver

    acedriver Just Started

    OMG! your sig is 1900.93 KB
     
  8. The_YongGrand

    The_YongGrand Just Started

    Umm.. I thought all these thumbdrives support FAT system only? :shock: :D
     
  9. Falcone

    Falcone Official Mascot Creator

    Thumb drives CANNOT support NTFS, who would want to have it in NTFS anyway....just plain wierd :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint:
     
  10. Dashken

    Dashken Administrator!

    Hmm... how do u copy stuffs from a pc to another? DVD? :think:
     
  11. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Network, CDRW, or just borrow a thumb drive from someone! :haha:
     
  12. kayFX

    kayFX Newbie

    i use floppy disk :p ..
     
  13. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    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.
     
  14. Bestia(ry)

    Bestia(ry) Mac'ster

    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. :) ^^
     
  15. luqman

    luqman Newbie

    lol, ya i dunno its kinda old supports up to 275MB am trying to get a one that supoorts a gig:rolleyes: 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?
     
  16. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

  17. luqman

    luqman Newbie

  18. fyire

    fyire Newbie

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

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

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

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