Yes thanks, all understood and done, will go down to OfficeWorks and see how it goes, Rick. On 30/11/2012, at 9:13 AM, Tim Law wrote:
> 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> -- 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>
