J JD Mar 2, 2008 #1 I have a 1G plug-in stick drive and notice that it is formatted FAT. I'm wondering if it can or should be reformatted NTFS. If so, how?
I have a 1G plug-in stick drive and notice that it is formatted FAT. I'm wondering if it can or should be reformatted NTFS. If so, how?
S Shenan Stanley Mar 2, 2008 #2 JD said: I have a 1G plug-in stick drive and notice that it is formatted FAT. I'm wondering if it can or should be reformatted NTFS. If so, how? Click to expand... 1GB? You'll gain little other than an ability to set permissions - which can be easily overridden by any administrator of any other Windows XP system.
JD said: I have a 1G plug-in stick drive and notice that it is formatted FAT. I'm wondering if it can or should be reformatted NTFS. If so, how? Click to expand... 1GB? You'll gain little other than an ability to set permissions - which can be easily overridden by any administrator of any other Windows XP system.
B Bill in Co. Mar 2, 2008 #3 No. Leave it as it is, as its more universal/flexible that way, and you gain nothing by converting it to NTFS for such a small storage capacity.
No. Leave it as it is, as its more universal/flexible that way, and you gain nothing by converting it to NTFS for such a small storage capacity.
W windmap Mar 2, 2008 #5 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000 Read this article to get full details about formatting the volumes in windows.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000 Read this article to get full details about formatting the volumes in windows.
