USB drive partitioning

H

Huey

I'd like to partition my blank 4gb USB drive into two partitions: one
partition sized 4mb and the other partition with the rest. How do I do
this?
 
C

Cari \(MS-MVP\)

Right click on My Computer, select Manage. On the following screen, click
on Disk Management. The drive should appear on the right hand side of the
screen, from where you can partition it.
 
H

Huey

Right click on My Computer, select Manage. On the following screen, click
on Disk Management. The drive should appear on the right hand side of the
screen, from where you can partition it.
Click to expand...

Well, it won't let me delete the current partition on that drive, so I
can't repartition it.
 
C

Cari \(MS-MVP\)

Hmmm, that's interesting. Has it got files on it? If it's new, I'd RMA it
and ask for a replacement.
 
U

Uwe Sieber

Cari said:
Hmmm, that's interesting. Has it got files on it? If it's new, I'd RMA
it and ask for a replacement.
Click to expand...

No version of Windows supports multiple partition on
drives which pretend to have a removable media. Flash
drive usually do so.

Uwe
 
G

Guest

I have the same problem, but since there is no way to partition the USB
stick, is there a way to convert the partition fram FAT to FAT32, and then
expand it? I have tried with Partition Magic, but this software does not read
the USB stick at all. Is there any other software that will work?
 
U

Uwe Sieber

Ferox said:
I have the same problem, but since there is no way to partition the USB
stick, is there a way to convert the partition fram FAT to FAT32, and then
expand it? I have tried with Partition Magic, but this software does not read
the USB stick at all. Is there any other software that will work?
Click to expand...


I would just copy all files a harddisk, wipe the first sector
of the drive, reattach it and format it thru the Windows
Explorer's context menu and finally copy all files back.

Erasing can be done with my little ugly tool DiskErase:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/diskerase.zip
Be careful when you select the drive...


Uwe
 

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