And one step prior to this - copy all your files from the USB stick before using Dusk Utility as formatting the drive will erase everything on the stick.
Tim Sent from my iPhone On 30/11/2012, at 9:07 AM, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rick, > > I didn't give details in my quick reply as I was heading out on a job, and I > presumed you already knew how to format a drive. > I'm sure I gave you a tutorial on formatting a Drive when I supported you > with upgrading from Tiger to Lion awhile back. > > Is the USB Flash Drive now formatted MS-DOS (FAT32)? > > If not, here are details: > 1. Insert the USB Flash Drive > 2. Open Disk Utility > 3. The available drives will be listed in the left column. > Click on the drive labeled "USB Flash Drive Media." > 4. Click on the "Erase" tab at the top of the utility to show the formatting > and naming options for your drive. > Give your USB drive a name by typing it into the field provided. > Select "MS-DOS (FAT)" as the volume format. (In OS X this will then > format the Volume as MS-DOS (FAT-32) > 5. Click the "Erase" button on the lower-right side of the screen to begin > the formatting process. > 6. Then Eject the USB Thumb Drive > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > On 30/11/2012, at 6:59 AM, Rick Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Ronni, I went to disk utility but I didn't know where to go from >> there, all done now.. >> On 30/11/2012, at 5:54 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> Hi Rick, >>> >>> Use Disk Utility, to format the 8GB Flash Drive as FAT32. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >>> >>> On 30/11/2012, at 5:00 AM, Rick Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I took a SanDisk 8GB Flash Drive to OfficeWorks to printout a file but >>>> they couldn't read it (the word Mac came into the conversation), >>>> How do I reformat and why should I, I didn't have to reformat previous >>>> Flash Drives. I had bought the SanDisk 8GB Flash Drive from Officeworks >>>> last year. >>>> Thanks Rick. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121130/9cd76b38/attachment.htm > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
