Hi Patricia, As has already been mentioned, your drive is still formatted as FAT32, so you'll have to do a full format in order to change it to NTFS.
You can't do a quick format, as this will simply erase all the data on the drive, and will not change the file allocation table on the drive, so when you start writing data to it, it will use the same file allocation table that it used before the format. What you want is the drive to be sectioned into certain parts, and the data written into those parts. Think of it as getting a glass of dirty water. You can run it through a filter, and the filter will remove all of the dirty contaminants out of the water, so it's fairly clean when you drink it, but you're still drinking the same water you ran through the filter. You have to re-fill the glass with new water before you can drink it, otherwise it really isn't clean. Yes, this is a crude way of explaining it, but it's the only way I know how to do it right now. Sorry. Sheepish Grin. Victor Co-moderator Blind Movie Buffs List Guidedogs List Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
