W7x64Pro Flash drive re-format


  1. pdxireland
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    W7 Pro 64bit
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    W7x64Pro Flash drive re-format


    Hello,

    Great forum !
    Most everything going great w/ W7.
    Having an issue w/ Flash Thumb Drives.
    W/ XP my 8 & 16 gb drives would reformat in seconds.
    W/ W7 it is taking a few min....like 5, 7 or more?
    Thoughts on this?
    fmg
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  3. Jonathan_King
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    Windows 7 Professional x64
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    Hello,

    Make sure "Quick Format" is checked. Otherwise it does a full format, which can take hours.

    ~JK
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  4. pdxireland
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    I always did a full format w/ XP?

    fmg
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  6. pdxireland
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    Could the flash driving I'm working w/ right now just be failing?
    Its an 8gb & shows 7.63gb in My Computer but will not accept (too large) a 4.14gb WINrar file?

    fmg
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  7. Jonathan_King
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    FAT32 cannot store a file bigger than 4GB. Format with NTFS instead.

    And the drive showing up as7.63 is perfectly normal.
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  8. pdxireland
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    yeah, I figured the 7.63 was normal!
    I will give NTFS a try, cheers!

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  10. pdxireland
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    worked just fine, THANKS !
    fmg
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