Hi Terry, > It's not magic; it's standards. ... > anyone buying a USB stick would expect it to be capable of working in > a PC or player because (for example, Windows only works with FAT 32 or > efat).
I never use any formatting which comes on a new device, whether partition table or filesystem, because it's of unknown origin and compatibility; a manufacturer could ship bytes which satisfy Windows but don't stick to the standards. That's not to say that the programs I use to replace what's there are bug free, but I'll know from then on that I'm dealing with what I created should compatibility problems later arise. -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2025-08-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
