format usb pen

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Daniel NA

I have one usb pen of 1 GB and two of 2 GB.
How format? FAT or FAT32 or an external tirdy part programm?

Thank you.


I apologize for my not good English language.
 
Daniel said:
I have one usb pen of 1 GB and two of 2 GB.
How format? FAT or FAT32 or an external tirdy part programm?

Thank you.

I apologize for my not good English language.
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You should format the drive(s) in the format most convenient for you.

If it will go between several machines (Windows, Macintosh, *nix, etc) -
FAT32 is likely your best bet. NTFS would be good if Windows XP and above
only - if you need security.

FAT32 is the most common and on drives that small - just right-clicking in
Windows XP and choosing to format them and doing so should be all you need
to do.
 
If it will go between several machines (Windows, Macintosh, *nix, etc) -
FAT32 is likely your best bet. NTFS would be good if Windows XP and above
only - if you need security.
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Is NTFS available when formatting a flash drive (4GB and less)? I don't get
it on my system and I am running XP SP3. How do you do this manually?
 
Shenan Stanley scrive "Re: format usb pen" il 31/01/2010 in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware :
You should format the drive(s) in the format most convenient for you.

If it will go between several machines (Windows, Macintosh, *nix, etc) -
FAT32 is likely your best bet. NTFS would be good if Windows XP and above
only - if you need security.

FAT32 is the most common and on drives that small - just right-clicking in
Windows XP and choosing to format them and doing so should be all you need to
do.
Click to expand...

thank you for your reply, Shenan.
 
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