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Name: vwchappy
Date: November 10, 2008 at 20:15:06 Pacific
OS: XP HOME
CPU/Ram: P4 2.53 / 512mb
Product: HP
Comment:

I have a 2gb Flash Drive that I got from micro center for like 10 bucks a while ago. I don't really care if it's shot since it was so cheap, and I could go for a bigger one anyway. Just wondering if there is a utility to format it. When I pop it in the USB port, windows comes up and says it's not formatted, would I like to format now - YES. Than the format box comes up and capacity is unknow, and files system is only FAT, no NTFS. Then it says it can't be formatted. Is the thing beat or what?



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Name: Dark666
Date: November 10, 2008 at 20:47:57 Pacific
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Try formating the PEN drive within computer management. See if you can delete its current partition and create a new one.

Once upon a time the floppy disk was king.


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Name: vwchappy
Date: November 10, 2008 at 20:58:36 Pacific
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how do I do that?


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Response Number 3
Name: jam
Date: November 11, 2008 at 06:08:47 Pacific
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"the format box comes up and capacity is unknow, and files system is only FAT, no NTFS"

That's right, it's supposed to be FAT, that way it can be recognized by older operating systems & Linux.

"If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction


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