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| Thread ID: 115342 | 2011-01-14 05:14:00 | Formating Memory Sticks | icow (15313) | Press F1 |
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| 1169664 | 2011-01-14 05:14:00 | I have a 8gb usb memory stick that windows will only format as a 200mb memory stick. Mac however can format it as it's full 8gb but the partitions aren't readable on windows. How can I format the memory stick to it's full 8gb. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1169665 | 2011-01-14 05:48:00 | what did you format it in? And what kind of usb stick is it?? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1169666 | 2011-01-14 05:51:00 | EMTEC 8GB. Doesn't matter wat format fat,fat32,exFAT,NTFS they all come up as 200mb. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1169667 | 2011-01-14 05:55:00 | Could format with linux. I killed one of my 8GB's myself recently. jump on my ubuntu 10.10 distro and it formats back to its 8GB fine. | PCT Joe (15018) | ||
| 1169668 | 2011-01-14 05:57:00 | It possibly has a hidden partition on it in Windows. Have you checked this using partitioning software? | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1169669 | 2011-01-14 06:40:00 | Using Disk Management it shows there is a 7.26gb un-formatted part of the drive however when I click format it says an un-expected error has occurred. Also on my mac it is showing two partitions on the desktop now one 7.26gb and the other 200mb. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1169670 | 2011-01-14 06:42:00 | So try removing both partitions and create one new partition then. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1169671 | 2011-01-14 10:18:00 | Also on my mac it is showing two partitions on the desktop now one 7.26gb and the other 200mb. yup.. seems like the stick as been divided into 2 partitions. plug it into the mac, go to utilities > disk utilities and erase the whole flash drive, not just the partitions. |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1169672 | 2011-01-15 00:11:00 | From the specs on your post it would seem that you are using Windows 95! Windows 95 will not re-cognise a drive of 8gigs. 200mb will be its maximum. I can't remember if it does Fat32, I think only Fat16. Upgrade you OS or use Linux which runs very well on old computers. |
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