Reformat thumb drive?

[Guest JD]

I have a 1G plug-in stick drive and notice that it is formatted FAT. I'm

wondering if it can or should be reformatted NTFS. If so, how?

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: Reformat thumb drive?

 

JD wrote:

> I have a 1G plug-in stick drive and notice that it is formatted

> FAT. I'm wondering if it can or should be reformatted NTFS. If so,

> how?

 

1GB?

You'll gain little other than an ability to set permissions - which can be

easily overridden by any administrator of any other Windows XP system.

 

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[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Reformat thumb drive?

 

No. Leave it as it is, as its more universal/flexible that way, and you

gain nothing by converting it to NTFS for such a small storage capacity.

 

JD wrote:

> I have a 1G plug-in stick drive and notice that it is formatted FAT. I'm

> wondering if it can or should be reformatted NTFS. If so, how?

[Guest JD]

Re: Reformat thumb drive?

 

Thanks to both you and Shenon. You've answered my question and I appreciate

it.

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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> No. Leave it as it is, as its more universal/flexible that way, and you

> gain nothing by converting it to NTFS for such a small storage capacity.

>

> JD wrote:

>> I have a 1G plug-in stick drive and notice that it is formatted FAT. I'm

>> wondering if it can or should be reformatted NTFS. If so, how?

>

>

[Guest windmap]

Re: Reformat thumb drive?

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000

Read this article to get full details about formatting the volumes in

windows.

 

 

 

"JD" <Erehwon@Example.com> wrote in message

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>I have a 1G plug-in stick drive and notice that it is formatted FAT. I'm

>wondering if it can or should be reformatted NTFS. If so, how?

>