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FAT32
Hello All:
I run early P4 1.3ghz with Windows ME. Question re formatting of flash USB (thumb) drive. Have an electronic piece of equipment which needs a firmware upgrade and Sony (mfg) says upgrade files must be formatted to FAT32 flash USB drive - to work. Receieved drive (4 gb) and it works fine right out of package. But checking properties of drive shows only "FAT" and proceeding to format instruction gets notice all data will be lost if drive is formatted (which is fine) but formatting option also is only FAT. If it runs on my machine - WinME does that mean it is in fact FAT32? thnx Barry |
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:41:06 -0400, bardot861 wrote:
Hello All: I run early P4 1.3ghz with Windows ME. Question re formatting of flash USB (thumb) drive. Have an electronic piece of equipment which needs a firmware upgrade and Sony (mfg) says upgrade files must be formatted to FAT32 flash USB drive - to work. Receieved drive (4 gb) and it works fine right out of package. But checking properties of drive shows only "FAT" and proceeding to format instruction gets notice all data will be lost if drive is formatted (which is fine) but formatting option also is only FAT. If it runs on my machine - WinME does that mean it is in fact FAT32? No. But the requirement to use FAT32 probably just means it won't work with NTFS. I can't think of anything which works with FAT32 which wouldn't work with FAT. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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If there is still a problem then here's another option :-
How to format external hard drive to FAT32 in Windows http://www.online-tech-tips.com/comp...ive-to-fat-32/ NB, I've not tried it myself, but the article looks interesting. Good luck Mart "N. Miller" wrote in message ... On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:41:06 -0400, bardot861 wrote: Hello All: I run early P4 1.3ghz with Windows ME. Question re formatting of flash USB (thumb) drive. Have an electronic piece of equipment which needs a firmware upgrade and Sony (mfg) says upgrade files must be formatted to FAT32 flash USB drive - to work. Receieved drive (4 gb) and it works fine right out of package. But checking properties of drive shows only "FAT" and proceeding to format instruction gets notice all data will be lost if drive is formatted (which is fine) but formatting option also is only FAT. If it runs on my machine - WinME does that mean it is in fact FAT32? No. But the requirement to use FAT32 probably just means it won't work with NTFS. I can't think of anything which works with FAT32 which wouldn't work with FAT. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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Oh! - and there's also this utility which I have tried and works!!
"HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool" Just do a Google for it, e.g. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...4/reviews.html Mart |
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