> Another strange problem. One of the staff members
> here has a Kingmax 128 usb flash disk. If he uses
> it at home he can access the files - but sees
> nothing when he uses it at work. The home xp
> system has been formatted to FAT I think, and the
> staff xp's have been formatted to NTFS.
The filing system used by other partitions on the system doesn't matter at
all.
Could the powers that be at work have done something to disable the USB
ports on their computers? That seems most likely to me.
> Dont know
> what the flash disk was formatted to (or even if
> it has been formatted).
If he can use it at home, then it's certainly been formatted.
> He says that at home the flashdisk is designated
> E: AND F:. How is this possible if he has not
> partitioned it. He doesnt know enough to
> partition it. Could it be done automatically?
It could have been done at the factory. These things usually come with a
FAT32 setup already in place. Why anybody would cut a 128MB device in half I
have no idea.
>I
> have advised him to copy all stuff off at home
> which he has done. What do we do to make this
> flashdisk usable both on FAT and NTFS? Why doesnt
> my flashdisk behave in this fashion as I also
> have FAT at home?
To repeat: the filing system you're using on other partitions makes no
difference here. WinXP can handle any mix of FAT12 (used on floppies),
FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, and whatever file system CDs and DVDs use. The most
likely thing is that the USB ports at work have been disabled.
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