gHacks technology news » disk storage http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/01/hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/01/hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:53:58 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10837 There is no direct way of making an USB device bootable in the Windows operating system. Probably even more bothersome to some Windows users is the fact that USB storage devices can only be formatted with the FAT file system and not the NTFS file system. HP’s USB Disk Storage Format Tool (download) works with a wide variety of USB devices including many not manufactured by HP making it more or less an universal software tool to format an USB device using the additional parameters and settings that Windows is not offering.

The disk storage format tool displays a simple dialog after execution. The connected and recognized USB devices are listed on top. After making a selection there the user can select a file system for the USB device including the NTFS file system. It is furthermore – but not at the same time – possible to make the USB disk storage device bootable from DOS which is an excellent way of installing new software or running diagnostic software programs on a computer system without having to boot in the operating system itself.

The HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool will recognize many but not all USB devices that are connected to a computer.

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The disk storage format tool has a size of roughly 2 Megabytes and needs to be installed on the computer system before it can be used.

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