Pen Drive issue

[DSTM]

I bought a 4 gig Pen Drive and Windows is leaving things called Thumbs on the drive and these are causeing me a headache.Can Windows XP SP3 be configured to stop these? I transfer Data etc from my Old PC to the new one.

Thanks in advance.:)

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Dougie what exactly are you trying to do mate?

 

Just transfer any programs to the USB when it's in the XP box then when you put it in the new box take them off into a new folder.

[DSTM]

This is all new to me,mate.I plugged the 4 GIG Pen Drive into the USB Port,moused over folders and my limit it says is around 3.8 Gig.Highlighted folders and send to pen drive.However when I load to pen Drive after about 3 Gig it says Pen drive full.

I remove properly and plug into new PC. Sometimes all goes well and sometimes it says an error and cant download to new PC.Not all the time.I delete the empty folder on the pen drive and when I click eject,it says I cant because the Pen drive is being used.Then if I reinsert it says the Folder is OK and I cut and paste again,and it goes OK. I plug it back into the Old PC and the Pen Box comes up and says a portion of the Pen drive has Thumbs left on it.I delete them and then it works ok for a while,till more thumbs are left on the Drive.When should it be necessary to reformat the pen drive.If I didnt get thumbs,then I think I wouldnt have this issue that crops up from time to time.Thats why I asked is it possible to configure Windows to prevent thumbs.Hope you can follow me.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Plug the usb into the XP box dougie and delete any files on it.

 

Copy a given program then navigate to the usb.

 

Paste the program to it and allow for the file transition.

 

Hit safely remove hardware and put the usb in the new box.

 

Copy, not cut, the file to a folder on the new box, check the file has been moved then delete the file from the usb.

 

Repeat this for all files.

[DSTM]

That's probably where I am going wrong, by Cutting to new Folder,instead of copying. Then delete the file from USB once copied to desired location.If it happens again, for any reason,which I doubt now, I will take a screen shot of the pop ups.

All a learning curve, for me,mate. Much appreciated.:)

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Please do Dougie.

 

We do try my friend. :)