New
#1
Drive name limited to 11 characters
How can I use a drive label name longer than eleven characters?
(as restricting as Win95 days)
Have looked at Drive - Rename. My thumb drive name needs about 3 more characters
Thank you
How can I use a drive label name longer than eleven characters?
(as restricting as Win95 days)
Have looked at Drive - Rename. My thumb drive name needs about 3 more characters
Thank you
NTFS volumes can have a volume label of up to 32 characters. The FAT32 file system limits volume names to 11 characters. There isn't room to store more.
Thank you "LMiller7" for your response. :)
Would there be any merit in reformatting the thumb-drive to NTSF ?
And then reloading my files onto the thumb-drive.
Would the source have to be NTSF or could the source be FAT32 ?
... OR ... is my idea dead in the water ...
Thank you :)
Open up an Elevated Command Prompt. Click on in type CMD . Right click on CMD under Programs (1) choose . On the User Access Control window click on the Yes button . Command Prompt opens up to C:\Windows\System32>_
Inside the command prompt window type in the command below
Convert X: /FS:NTFSpress [Enter]
NoteChange the letter X to your actual drive letter
Thank you "VistaKing" for such a quick response :)
Your suggestion is my first CMD adventure. (A little apprehensive)
Would this reformatting apply to thumb-drives and external HDDs ?
Will WinXP PCs tolerate the NTSF external drives (Files: TXT, media, autocad) ?
Thank you :)
NTFS is better than FAT32 in many ways (can also store files bigger than 4 GB), but not all non-computer devices can read it. If you care about connecting it to a TV or some other device (phones/tablets through USB OTG), check if it is able to read NTFS filesystems.
EDIT: NTFS is fully usable by XP and newer Windows, it's Read-only on Mac, it works fine on Linux.
I thought my Win7 (32bit) Toshiba Satellite laptop system is already NTSF ?VistaKing said:
Sorry for being a little dumb.
Will "bobafetthotmail" process alter the external drives or the file system on the laptop?.
clarifying post 4:
when you write
Convert X: /FS:NTFS
you need to write the drive letter of the drive that will be converted in the place of the X.
So, if your USB drive is drive F: (check from My Computer) you need to write
Convert F: /FS:NTFS
Ok?
Don't worry about sounding dumb, CMD is a powerful tool, don't do stuff unless you are very sure you have understood everything.
And yes, any windows operating system from XP onwards formats the hard drive as NTFS during installation, so the laptop's own drive is already NTFS.