format usb pen

[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.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

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.

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.

 

[Peter Marshall]

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.

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?

 

[Daniel NA]

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.

thank you for your reply, Shenan.