{"id":128,"date":"2009-01-20T16:10:27","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T16:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/?p=128"},"modified":"2009-01-20T16:10:27","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T16:10:27","slug":"formating-a-memory-stick-to-use-ntfs-instead-of-fat32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/fixes\/formating-a-memory-stick-to-use-ntfs-instead-of-fat32","title":{"rendered":"Formating a memory stick to use NTFS instead of Fat32"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-127 img-responsive\" title=\"usb_memory_stick_phone_cp_gt_1380_1\" src=\"http:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/usb_memory_stick_phone_cp_gt_1380_1-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"usb_memory_stick_phone_cp_gt_1380_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/usb_memory_stick_phone_cp_gt_1380_1-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/usb_memory_stick_phone_cp_gt_1380_1.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\r\nA client needed to copy a file larger than 5 Gigabytes to a 16 Gigabyte Memory Stick. Due to the standard partitions of external storage being FAT32 , file copying failed. Formatting an external Hard Disk is easy through Disk Management in ( Control Panel , Administration Tools , Computer Management ). However there are a few tips to bear in mind when it comes to Memory Sticks\r\nFirst due to technology limitations of the flash chips, there is a limitation on how many times it can be written to (around 10000 Times). NTFS also uses more activity on its file systems due to its Journaling File System to Log everything performed.\r\nTo ready your device for formatting, Go to Device Manager ( Right Click My Computer , Properties , Hardware ) and find your USB or Memory Stick under the Disk Drives Section. Double click on your device \u201coptimize for performance\u201d Under the Policies Tab\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-129 img-responsive\" title=\"optimize-for-performance1\" src=\"http:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/optimize-for-performance1-300x184.png\" alt=\"optimize-for-performance1\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/optimize-for-performance1-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/optimize-for-performance1.png 369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\r\n\r\nThen run this command in the command Prompt\r\n\r\n<strong>convert u: \/fs:ntfs <\/strong> ( u: being the drive letter of the memory stick)\r\n\r\nIf this brings back an error about exclusive access to the drive being denied , restart the computer and after startup, without opening anything up, try this again","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A client needed to copy a file larger than 5 Gigabytes to a 16 Gigabyte Memory Stick. Due to the standard partitions of external storage being FAT32 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[111,108,112,110,109],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fixes","tag-bigger-than-5-gig-on-a-memory-stick","tag-convert-u-fsntfs","tag-exclusive-access-denied-restart","tag-memory-stick-ntfs","tag-optimize-for-performance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}