Thumb Drive Storage System

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If I copy files to a thumb drive using Vista Home Premium what file
storage system is used.

Thanks
 
swalker said:
If I copy files to a thumb drive using Vista Home Premium what file
storage system is used.

Thanks
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"Most" thumb drives, particularly those LE 2GB, use FAT natively.

With Vista you can format these drives with FAT, FAT32, exFAT, or NTFS.

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swalker said:
If I copy files to a thumb drive using Vista Home Premium what file
storage system is used.
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Usually FAT or FAT32. Plug the thumb drive into your computer. Now
right-click on its icon in Computer. Left-click on Properties. This will
show you with what file system the drive is formatted.

Malke
 
It depends upon the type of storage that the thumb driver manufacturer
installed. It has nothing to do with an operating system. The operating
system just uses what is supplied.
 
If I copy files to a thumb drive using Vista Home Premium what file
storage system is used.

Thanks
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Whatever was on the flash drive to begin with. Smaller ones often use
fat, larger ones are ntfs.
 
I have never seen ntfs on any external memory device whether a flash drive
or a hard drive. I usually have to use the 'Convert' command to change the
file system to NTFS.
 
Gorn Potatoes 72 said:
I have never seen ntfs on any external memory device whether a flash drive
or a hard drive. I usually have to use the 'Convert' command to change the
file system to NTFS.
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My Seagate 1 TB USB drive came out of the box NTFS formatted.

It would have had to, wouldn't it?
 
According to Microsoft for Fat32...
"The maximum disk size is approximately 8 terabytes when you take into
account the following variables: The maximum possible number of clusters on
a FAT32 volume is 268,435,445, and there is a maximum of 32 KB per cluster,
along with the space required for the file allocation table (FAT).
"
Some versions of Windows have limitations on the size they can format.

I have a 1TB Western Digital, it came formated as fat32. I converted it to
ntfs.
The original documentation still on the drive says...

"Drive Format
This WD device is preformatted as a single FAT32 partition for compatibility
with all
updated Windows and Macintosh operating systems. The FAT32 file system has a
maximum individual file size of 4 GB. This WD device cannot create
partitions larger
than 32 GB in Windows 2000/XP/Vista."
 
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