Microsoft has not made an official announcement on: Why Did Microsoft Drop Formatting FAT32 for 64GB and Above? In both Windows 10 and Windows 11 the format option given by Windows is either NTFS (New Technology File System) or exFAT (Extended File System). The option to format FAT32 is no long available in Windows. Without […]
If you have a greyed out USB flash drive this article should be able to help you resolve the issue. The most common reason is the USB flash drive has a different file system and you simply need to format the drive. For example, Ext3, Ext4 or HFS are file systems for Linux and Mac. […]
Using the command prompt (cmd) you can quickly and easily get the USB volume serial number and the USB device serial number. There is no computer experienced needed to perform these functions, simply type a couple letters and you will get the information! To get the USB Volume Serial Number do the following: Insert USB […]
It is not difficult to get some premium functionality from Roku TV like pause and rewind by simply adding a USB flash drive to your setup You will need to configure the Roku TV and the flash drive to work together, but it’s not hard to do. To get close to 90 minutes of pause […]
This article will help you view Linux files on a flash drive when connected to a Windows 10 computer. This is a more common problem than one would think. As of 2020 the percentage of computers running Linux is 25%. With this in mind, there is a good chance you will receive a USB flash […]
Why is my USB name always CAPS? The reason is fairly simple. You also have the option to make your USB name or USB volume name upper and lower case. The all CAPS of a USB name is due to your flash drive being formatted as FAT or FAT32. Windows will not allow FAT or […]
Whether you’re formatting an internal drive, external drive, or USB flash drive, Windows makes it possible to choose between NTFS and exFAT formats. In this guide, we’ll go over the simple steps to formatting a USB drive and which format is best for certain situations. exFAT is a file system optimized specifically for flash drives. […]
It’s a good question; format a USB flash drive as exFAT or NTFS? There are several reasons not to format as NTFS and we’ll explain. Most of the Time you are Okay Most of the time, formatting a flash drive is a very simple decision. There are only two situations where you should carefully consider […]
There are two ways on “How to make a USB read only.” One method will make the USB read-only in anything it is connected to, so you could say this is a universal way of making a flash drive write protected. The other way is a PC-specific solution where some registry edits are required to […]
Microsoft is looking to make their OS more portable. With Windows 8, one of the features the Redmond, Washington company is introducing is a bootable OS off USB. True, we’ve seen both Windows and Linux distributions bootable off a flash drive before, but what makes this different is 1) it’s legal and 2) officially supported. […]
USB Tutorial: How to Create a Bootable USB Stick with the Specific NT60 Boot Sector Required for Microsoft Vista Before we begin the USB tutorial on NT60 boot sector, review the checklist of items needed before you start. Chances are, if you find yourself searching for this tutorial, you already have everything needed to make […]
There are some fundamental differences between USB Copy Protection verse USB Encryption for data on flash drives. Many companies confuse and muddy the terminology between the two. It’s time to clear things up and explain the difference. In short: USB copy protection secures a file or set of files so they cannot be copied – […]
