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From: Ron Hardin on 1 May 2010 14:56 Partition Magic on my old Inspiron 1200 doesn't recognize my new on-sale 16gb Kingston USB flash drive, which comes with a FAT32 filesystem. I'd like NTFS so that the file permissions and dates aren't clobbered. Is there something that changes it to NTFS? Or is it for some reason not possible. I have an XP Pro laptop also, in case XP Pro maybe can do it somewhere. -- rhhardin(a)mindspring.com On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
From: David Harper on 1 May 2010 16:01 "Ron Hardin" <rhhardin(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message news:4BDC7974.1664(a)mindspring.com... > Partition Magic on my old Inspiron 1200 doesn't recognize my new > on-sale 16gb Kingston USB flash drive, which comes with a FAT32 > filesystem. > > I'd like NTFS so that the file permissions and dates aren't clobbered. > > Is there something that changes it to NTFS? Or is it for some reason > not possible. > > I have an XP Pro laptop also, in case XP Pro maybe can do it somewhere. Click on "My Computer". Then highlight your USB drive. The right-click and select "Format". Select NTFS. - David Harper
From: Ron Hardin on 1 May 2010 16:29 David Harper wrote: > > "Ron Hardin" <rhhardin(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message > news:4BDC7974.1664(a)mindspring.com.. > > Partition Magic on my old Inspiron 1200 doesn't recognize my new > > on-sale 16gb Kingston USB flash drive, which comes with a FAT32 > > filesystem. > > > > I'd like NTFS so that the file permissions and dates aren't clobbered. > > > > Is there something that changes it to NTFS? Or is it for some reason > > not possible. > > > > I have an XP Pro laptop also, in case XP Pro maybe can do it somewhere. > > Click on "My Computer". Then highlight your USB drive. The right-click and > select "Format". Select NTFS. > > - David Harper Thanks. I'd heard it was in XP Pro somewhere. Unfortunately the only format option it gives is for FAT32. I wonder if it's something about the kind of device. -- rhhardin(a)mindspring.com On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
From: Tom Cole on 1 May 2010 18:11 On Sat, 01 May 2010 16:29:13 -0400, Ron Hardin <rhhardin(a)mindspring.com> wrote: >David Harper wrote: >> >> "Ron Hardin" <rhhardin(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message >> news:4BDC7974.1664(a)mindspring.com.. >> > Partition Magic on my old Inspiron 1200 doesn't recognize my new >> > on-sale 16gb Kingston USB flash drive, which comes with a FAT32 >> > filesystem. >> > >> > I'd like NTFS so that the file permissions and dates aren't clobbered. >> > >> > Is there something that changes it to NTFS? Or is it for some reason >> > not possible. >> > >> > I have an XP Pro laptop also, in case XP Pro maybe can do it somewhere. >> >> Click on "My Computer". Then highlight your USB drive. The right-click and >> select "Format". Select NTFS. >> >> - David Harper > >Thanks. I'd heard it was in XP Pro somewhere. > >Unfortunately the only format option it gives is for FAT32. > >I wonder if it's something about the kind of device. Flash drives prefer to stay as FAT32. However you can convert it to NTFS by using the 'convert' utility (run 'convert /?' in a DOS box for the options).
From: olfart on 1 May 2010 19:22
"Ron Hardin" <rhhardin(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message news:4BDC8F19.5EB2(a)mindspring.com... > David Harper wrote: >> >> "Ron Hardin" <rhhardin(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message >> news:4BDC7974.1664(a)mindspring.com.. >> > Partition Magic on my old Inspiron 1200 doesn't recognize my new >> > on-sale 16gb Kingston USB flash drive, which comes with a FAT32 >> > filesystem. >> > >> > I'd like NTFS so that the file permissions and dates aren't clobbered. >> > >> > Is there something that changes it to NTFS? Or is it for some reason >> > not possible. >> > >> > I have an XP Pro laptop also, in case XP Pro maybe can do it somewhere. >> >> Click on "My Computer". Then highlight your USB drive. The right-click >> and >> select "Format". Select NTFS. >> >> - David Harper > > Thanks. I'd heard it was in XP Pro somewhere. > > Unfortunately the only format option it gives is for FAT32. > > I wonder if it's something about the kind of device. > -- google for HP Format Tool that will do it for you |