USB Drive Partition Size

[Guest Sid Elbow]

Is there a partition-size limit for USB drives?

 

I have a USB drive with a 250G HD. I was able to create a single

partition using the whole drive space but could not format it (NTFS).

When I created two, roughly equal, partitions I was able to format both.

[Guest Sid Elbow]

Re: USB Drive Partition Size

 

nesredep egrob wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:02:50 -0500, Sid Elbow <here@there.com> wrote:

>

>> Is there a partition-size limit for USB drives?

>>

>> I have a USB drive with a 250G HD. I was able to create a single

>> partition using the whole drive space but could not format it (NTFS).

>> When I created two, roughly equal, partitions I was able to format both.

>

> I have not tried that as I am a partition Jockey - however I am sure that I

> would not format it using USB rather than that I should put it into my computer

> and format it there. I use 320GB as USB Drives

 

In fact, that's how I had it set up originally ... partitioned/formatted

in a computer then transferred to the USB housing. But I got so many

errors that I decided to repartition/reformat in the USB setup. I wanted

a single partition because this is destined for doing system backups and

a single partition is more convenient.

 

Windows allowed me to create a single partition and appeared to format

it - it took what I judged to be the a normal amount of time while

displaying the "Formatting" message - afterwards it displayed an error

window stating that it was unable to complete the format.

 

When I formatted it as two partitions, I could format both OK. However,

I'm left with another peculiarity: even when I turn off the computer and

remove the drive, I'm left with two "ghost" drives (the two USB

partitions) on the next reboot. I'm still investigating but it seems

that something has confused the USB drive with a Netgear SAN (Storage

Area Network) device.

 

Never had problems with USB drives before ... the only difference in

this case is that the drive/usb-case is a SATA setup whereas I'd only

used IDE before.

[Guest nesredep egrob]

Re: USB Drive Partition Size

 

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:02:50 -0500, Sid Elbow <here@there.com> wrote:

>Is there a partition-size limit for USB drives?

>

>I have a USB drive with a 250G HD. I was able to create a single

>partition using the whole drive space but could not format it (NTFS).

>When I created two, roughly equal, partitions I was able to format both.

 

I have not tried that as I am a partition Jockey - however I am sure that I

would not format it using USB rather than that I should put it into my computer

and format it there. I use 320GB as USB Drives

 

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia

[Guest nesredep egrob]

Re: USB Drive Partition Size

 

On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:54:49 -0500, Sid Elbow <here@there.com> wrote:

>nesredep egrob wrote:

>> On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:02:50 -0500, Sid Elbow <here@there.com> wrote:

>>

>>> Is there a partition-size limit for USB drives?

>>>

>>> I have a USB drive with a 250G HD. I was able to create a single

>>> partition using the whole drive space but could not format it (NTFS).

>>> When I created two, roughly equal, partitions I was able to format both.

>>

>> I have not tried that as I am a partition Jockey - however I am sure that I

>> would not format it using USB rather than that I should put it into my computer

>> and format it there. I use 320GB as USB Drives

>

>In fact, that's how I had it set up originally ... partitioned/formatted

>in a computer then transferred to the USB housing. But I got so many

>errors that I decided to repartition/reformat in the USB setup. I wanted

>a single partition because this is destined for doing system backups and

>a single partition is more convenient.

>

>Windows allowed me to create a single partition and appeared to format

>it - it took what I judged to be the a normal amount of time while

>displaying the "Formatting" message - afterwards it displayed an error

>window stating that it was unable to complete the format.

>

>When I formatted it as two partitions, I could format both OK. However,

>I'm left with another peculiarity: even when I turn off the computer and

>remove the drive, I'm left with two "ghost" drives (the two USB

>partitions) on the next reboot. I'm still investigating but it seems

>that something has confused the USB drive with a Netgear SAN (Storage

>Area Network) device.

>

>Never had problems with USB drives before ... the only difference in

>this case is that the drive/usb-case is a SATA setup whereas I'd only

>used IDE before.

Sorry I have only used PATA drives for USB so I cannot give an opinion on the

SATA. So far I have just used them in the Raid format.

 

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia