Smart computing magazine makes reference to this subject as a matter of fact. David Ferrin Life is a work in progress ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Formatting a flash drive
Mike, If you plan to download files to your flash drive that are larger than 4gb, you need to reformat it to NTFS, instructions for which can be found on the site below. However, if your files are smaller than 4gb, you can leave it in the default FAT32 format. By the way, I have found no articles that suggest that reformatting a modern flash drive creates damaging stress on its memory components. In fact, I recently reformatted my new 8gb flash drive to NTFS so that I could back up my Documents and Settings folder (which is larger than 4gb) using the Windows XP Backup utility, and have had no problems. http://www.ntfs.com/quest22.htm Gerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara" <mb69mach1 @charter.net> To: "Blind-Computing" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:26 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Formatting a flash drive > Hi All, > > I just recieved 2 new flash drives. Their file format is Fat32. If I > recall, isn't it better for these to be formatted in NTFS format or > something like that? If it is better to have the file format in The NTFS > format, how do I change it from Fat32 to another format? All help will be > greatly appreciated. Thanks much, take care. > Mike > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
