gHacks technology news » usb ntft http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:36:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Format an USB Device as NTFS in Windows XPhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/17/format-an-usb-device-as-ntfs-in-windows-xp/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/17/format-an-usb-device-as-ntfs-in-windows-xp/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:47:13 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/17/format-an-usb-device-as-ntfs-in-windows-xp/ The question came up just recently and I thought it would be nice to address it here in case other users are searching for a similar solution. If you want to format an USB device in Windows XP you notice that you can only select the FAT filesystem in the options. NTFS does not seem to be available which is rather strange at first glance but it becomes obvious pretty soon that this was not just another evil Microsoft plot to frustrate users.

By default USB devices are optimized for quick removal in Windows XP. If you want to format your USB device as NTFS you need to change that to optimize them for performance. This has however direct impact on how you remove the device from your system. You need to remove it safely if you really changed that option otherwise severe data loss might occur.

I don’t want to go deeper into the topic but I guess it does not make sense to format your USB device as NTFS considering the prospect of data loss if you miss to plug it off safely. Still it`s good to know I think.

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