doesn't recognize file system on removable usb device

[OM]

I have a removable usb drive that has been working fine on my old
machine. When I attach it to my another XP machine, it doesn't recognize
the file system and it always prompted whether I want to format it or not.

Does anyone know what the problem is?

Thanks

 

[C.Joseph Drayton]

I have a removable usb drive that has been working fine on my old
machine. When I attach it to my another XP machine, it doesn't recognize
the file system and it always prompted whether I want to format it or not.

Does anyone know what the problem is?

Thanks

Is the machine that DOESN'T recognize the thumbdrive FAT32
or NTFS? NTFS file system will read and write to both FAT32
and NTFS where-as FAT32 cannot read or write to NTFS natively.

Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services

Web site: http://csdcs.site90.net/
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)90.net

 

[OM]

The machine that the usb device attached to is a XP machine. It should
has not problem recognizing both partition types.

 

[C.Joseph Drayton]

The machine that the usb device attached to is a XP machine. It should
has not problem recognizing both partition types.

Hi OM,

Some OEMs when formating the hard disk for WindowsXP set it
up as FAT32 not NTFS. Compaq did that on a number of
Presario models as recently as 3 years ago. I would check
and make sure as to whether or not the file system is NTFS.

Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services

Web site: http://csdcs.site90.net/
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)90.net