Jeremy Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 I Googled this but didn't find much.I'm attempting this via the command prompt:convert E: /FS:NTFSAnd I receive:CONVERT is not available for FAT32 drives.Is it because it's a flash drive?Thanks,Jeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 If you don't have data on it already, then maybe you should try to format the drive as NTFS rather than converting it.If you already have data on it, then maybe copy it to HDD, then format it as NTFS.FYI:Also, XP diskpart doesn't support USB flash drives, but Vista diskpart does. Maybe consider partitioning it with Vista diskpart if you want multiple partitions. Vista diskpart will allow you to format any size partition as NTFS. I've even done a 10 MB partition as NTFS just for testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 As far as I know there are some devices that can´t be formated in NTFS due to technical limitacions of the hardware. THat USB drive (FLASH) could be one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phurious Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Perhaps you may have more luck with Partition Magic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrocco Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I had a problem formatting removable usb drives as NTFS. However, I was able to use the Hitachi MicroDrive driver to make XP see them as fixed drives. Then format away. Just google for Hitachi MicroDrive Driver and right-click, "Udate Driver" in the device manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tap52384 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Windows Vista's DiskPart utility supports USB drives; other than that, I would google for the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jago_lfn Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 If i'm not mistaken, doesnt NTFS wear out flash drives quicker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted July 8, 2007 Author Share Posted July 8, 2007 If i'm not mistaken, doesnt NTFS wear out flash drives quicker?I think that's because of the "last access" time stamp for files, which can be disabled in the registry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawan Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Go to Device Manager and set the policy of the USB Stick device to "Optimize for Performance". The default is to optimize for Quick Removal, which restricts you to the FAT filesystem. If you do this, then you absolutely must go through the the annoying removal dialog to unmount the filesystem before unplugging the drive. If you don't, then you have a good chance of losing data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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