[Ham-Computers] Reformatting a Flash Drive

[Loren Moline WA7SKT]

Jim,

I have never worried about formatting a flash drive. The storage has been done automatically for me by the operating system.

Please pardon me for butting in.

 

Loren   WA7SKT


 
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> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 08:36:29 -0700
> To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
> From: JJan-3 at cox.net
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] Reformatting a Flash Drive
> 
> Hi Aaron and the Group:
> What issues might be encountered when reformatting a flash drive to 
> use NTFS?  I have read other forums where reformatting was attempted 
> and many problems were encountered (details not listed) - with the 
> poster indicating they would not try reformatting again.  I thought 
> the flash drive technology might be the reason.  I would use 
> Partition Magic for reformatting.
> 
> I just had my second flash drive failure.  I cut and pasted a large 
> folder from one flash drive to another.  The transfer occurred, but 
> all remaining folders on the first drive disappeared.  Files not in 
> folders remained.
> 
> Jim
> 
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