Comments on: Format an USB Device as NTFS in Windows XP

By: Seth

Seth — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:26:55 +0000

You could try use a software to reformat your usb disk. I used a FAT32Format, you can find it searching on google.

By: vedmini

vedmini — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:46:38 +0000

Virus changed my USB DISK FORMAT FROM FAT32 TO RAW (I do not know what is this) AND I can not format disk any more. what should I do? converting format in cmd does not work.

By: cassie

cassie — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:41:15 +0000

i need help doing this, i’m not sure if its my computer or my device but i just can’t figure it out. I have a laptop with Linux and it won’t recognize my Mp3 player, i was told to format it on windows xp… help please

By: myo

myo — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:50:37 +0000

if it is FAT, if works well on linux too. but i also wonder how u format flash usb drive in ntfs.

By: duryodhan

duryodhan — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:27:19 +0000

If you have a huge pen drive , external HDD where you store files > 4GB you need NTFS, there is no other option.

By: Moose

Moose — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:27:17 +0000

The other main issue here is that there’s no gain if users are expecting the security of NTFS – using the device on any other machine, the permissions set on any folders/files will just be ignored. If you’re trying to format a USB device with NTFS for security reasons, you’d be a lot better off leaving it as FAT and using TrueCrypt or any other encryption software…