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12-31-2007
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| | ReadyBoost Flash Memory - Fat32 or NTFS My machine has 1 gig memory. I got a 2 gig flash drive. I notice not all the 2 gig is available, is there some volume info on the stick? Should it be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS, which is faster access? My vista machine is NTFS. -- Retired Boeing Bill |
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12-31-2007
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| | Re: ReadyBoost Flash Memory - Fat32 or NTFS I leave it in FAT file system because of compatibility issues. Most times you might not use the entire Flash stick as Readyboost drive. -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9027CA11-C1C4-4295-8F1E-7D9619EC1652@xxxxxx Quote: > My machine has 1 gig memory. I got a 2 gig flash drive. I notice not all > the 2 gig is available, is there some volume info on the stick? > Should it be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS, which is faster access? My vista > machine is NTFS. > -- > Retired Boeing Bill |
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12-31-2007
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| | Re: ReadyBoost Flash Memory - Fat32 or NTFS Use NTFS if it is only going to be on Vista or XP systems. If you plan on using other systems, too, then go with FAT32. -- Dustin Harper dharper@xxxxxx http://www.vistarip.com "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9027CA11-C1C4-4295-8F1E-7D9619EC1652@xxxxxx Quote: > My machine has 1 gig memory. I got a 2 gig flash drive. I notice not all > the 2 gig is available, is there some volume info on the stick? > Should it be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS, which is faster access? My vista > machine is NTFS. > -- > Retired Boeing Bill |
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12-31-2007
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| | Re: ReadyBoost Flash Memory - Fat32 or NTFS I formatted it in NTFS and it seems to work fine. But if FAT32 is faster I'll reformat it to that. Also, why would you have a compatibility issue if your Vista machine's hard drive is NTFS? I'd think FAT32 would be incompatible. -- Retired Boeing Bill "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote: Quote: > I leave it in FAT file system because of compatibility issues. Most times > you might not use the entire Flash stick as Readyboost drive. > -- > Andre > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com > My Vista Quickstart Guide: > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry > "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:9027CA11-C1C4-4295-8F1E-7D9619EC1652@xxxxxx Quote: > > My machine has 1 gig memory. I got a 2 gig flash drive. I notice not all > > the 2 gig is available, is there some volume info on the stick? > > Should it be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS, which is faster access? My vista > > machine is NTFS. > > -- > > Retired Boeing Bill > > |
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12-31-2007
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| | Re: ReadyBoost Flash Memory - Fat32 or NTFS Vista can read NTFS & FAT32. NTFS just can't be read by older file systems (if you have a FAT32 system; Windows 98/ME, etc). That's the only compatibility issue. -- Dustin Harper dharper@xxxxxx http://www.vistarip.com "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1B980481-15A7-47E9-8BB6-80F63CE52ADD@xxxxxx Quote: >I formatted it in NTFS and it seems to work fine. But if FAT32 is faster > I'll reformat it to that. > > Also, why would you have a compatibility issue if your Vista machine's > hard > drive is NTFS? I'd think FAT32 would be incompatible. > > > -- > Retired Boeing Bill > > > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote: > Quote: >> I leave it in FAT file system because of compatibility issues. Most times >> you might not use the entire Flash stick as Readyboost drive. >> -- >> Andre >> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com >> My Vista Quickstart Guide: >> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry >> "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:9027CA11-C1C4-4295-8F1E-7D9619EC1652@xxxxxx Quote: >> > My machine has 1 gig memory. I got a 2 gig flash drive. I notice not >> > all >> > the 2 gig is available, is there some volume info on the stick? >> > Should it be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS, which is faster access? My >> > vista >> > machine is NTFS. >> > -- >> > Retired Boeing Bill >> >> |
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12-31-2007
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| | Re: ReadyBoost Flash Memory - Fat32 or NTFS Well, I am exposed to a variety of systems such as Linux and Mac OS X, so my 2 GB SanDisk Readyboost thumb drive is in FAT which recognized by all the systems. -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry "Dustin Harper" <dharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:7870C6D8-1F5B-4C87-B407-895C181B2206@xxxxxx Quote: > Vista can read NTFS & FAT32. NTFS just can't be read by older file systems > (if you have a FAT32 system; Windows 98/ME, etc). That's the only > compatibility issue. > > -- > Dustin Harper > dharper@xxxxxx > http://www.vistarip.com > > > "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:1B980481-15A7-47E9-8BB6-80F63CE52ADD@xxxxxx Quote: >>I formatted it in NTFS and it seems to work fine. But if FAT32 is faster >> I'll reformat it to that. >> >> Also, why would you have a compatibility issue if your Vista machine's >> hard >> drive is NTFS? I'd think FAT32 would be incompatible. >> >> >> -- >> Retired Boeing Bill >> >> >> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote: >> Quote: >>> I leave it in FAT file system because of compatibility issues. Most >>> times >>> you might not use the entire Flash stick as Readyboost drive. >>> -- >>> Andre >>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com >>> My Vista Quickstart Guide: >>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry >>> "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:9027CA11-C1C4-4295-8F1E-7D9619EC1652@xxxxxx >>> > My machine has 1 gig memory. I got a 2 gig flash drive. I notice not >>> > all >>> > the 2 gig is available, is there some volume info on the stick? >>> > Should it be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS, which is faster access? My >>> > vista >>> > machine is NTFS. >>> > -- >>> > Retired Boeing Bill >>> >>> >>> |
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12-31-2007
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| | Re: ReadyBoost Flash Memory - Fat32 or NTFS You may be interested to know that you can use the convert command instead of format to change a FAT32 file system to NTFS. There is also a new format called exFAT that becomes available after installing the Vista Service Pack. "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9027CA11-C1C4-4295-8F1E-7D9619EC1652@xxxxxx Quote: > My machine has 1 gig memory. I got a 2 gig flash drive. I notice not all > the 2 gig is available, is there some volume info on the stick? > Should it be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS, which is faster access? My vista > machine is NTFS. > -- > Retired Boeing Bill |
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12-31-2007
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| | Re: ReadyBoost Flash Memory - Fat32 or NTFS Hey Bill, Here is an interesting article check out about Readyboost, FAT or NTFS: http://miketan.blogspot.com/2006/09/...hat-flash.html -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9027CA11-C1C4-4295-8F1E-7D9619EC1652@xxxxxx Quote: > My machine has 1 gig memory. I got a 2 gig flash drive. I notice not all > the 2 gig is available, is there some volume info on the stick? > Should it be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS, which is faster access? My vista > machine is NTFS. > -- > Retired Boeing Bill |
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12-31-2007
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| | Re: ReadyBoost Flash Memory - Fat32 or NTFS Ah. True. Thanks for adding that.  -- Dustin Harper dharper@xxxxxx http://www.vistarip.com "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OGmRu%236SIHA.4280@xxxxxx Quote: > Well, I am exposed to a variety of systems such as Linux and Mac OS X, so > my 2 GB SanDisk Readyboost thumb drive is in FAT which recognized by all > the systems. > -- > Andre > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com > My Vista Quickstart Guide: > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry > "Dustin Harper" <dharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:7870C6D8-1F5B-4C87-B407-895C181B2206@xxxxxx Quote: >> Vista can read NTFS & FAT32. NTFS just can't be read by older file >> systems (if you have a FAT32 system; Windows 98/ME, etc). That's the only >> compatibility issue. >> >> -- >> Dustin Harper >> dharper@xxxxxx >> http://www.vistarip.com >> >> >> "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:1B980481-15A7-47E9-8BB6-80F63CE52ADD@xxxxxx Quote: >>>I formatted it in NTFS and it seems to work fine. But if FAT32 is faster >>> I'll reformat it to that. >>> >>> Also, why would you have a compatibility issue if your Vista machine's >>> hard >>> drive is NTFS? I'd think FAT32 would be incompatible. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Retired Boeing Bill >>> >>> >>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote: >>> >>>> I leave it in FAT file system because of compatibility issues. Most >>>> times >>>> you might not use the entire Flash stick as Readyboost drive. >>>> -- >>>> Andre >>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com >>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide: >>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry >>>> "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>>> news:9027CA11-C1C4-4295-8F1E-7D9619EC1652@xxxxxx >>>> > My machine has 1 gig memory. I got a 2 gig flash drive. I notice >>>> > not all >>>> > the 2 gig is available, is there some volume info on the stick? >>>> > Should it be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS, which is faster access? My >>>> > vista >>>> > machine is NTFS. >>>> > -- >>>> > Retired Boeing Bill >>>> >>>> >>>> > |
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12-31-2007
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| | Re: ReadyBoost Flash Memory - Fat32 or NTFS On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:02:02 -0800, Retired Bill <RetiredBill@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Also, why would you have a compatibility issue if your Vista machine's hard > drive is NTFS? I'd think FAT32 would be incompatible. No, it makes no difference what file system the hard drive is. Windows Vista, like Windows XP before it, can read and write any and all combinations of NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, and FAT12, regardless of what file system it itself is installed on. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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