Rick, you didn't mention what the file was that could not be read? If the Flash Drive was already in MS-DOS (FAT-32) format, the file could be corrupted.
Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 30/11/2012, at 9:21 AM, Rick Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> -- 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>
