Reformat thumb drive?

[JD]

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?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

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?

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.

 

[Bill in Co.]

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.

 

[JD]

Thanks to both you and Shenon. You've answered my question and I appreciate
it.

 

[windmap]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000
Read this article to get full details about formatting the volumes in
windows.