Saturday, April 13, 2013

How do I format a USB Flash Drive to NTFS file system?


To enable NTFS on your USB Flash Drive drive (USB Flash Memory):
  1. Right click My Computer and select Manage.
  2. Open the Device Manager and find your USB drive under the Disk Drives heading.
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  3. Right click the drive and select Properties.
  4. Choose Policies tab and select the "Optimize for performance" option.
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  5. Click OK.
  6. Open My Computer
  7. Select Format on the flash drive.
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  8. Choose NTFS in the File System dropdown box.
  9. Device Formatting is completed.
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