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    USB Stick and large files?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by canada16, Nov 3, 2009.

  1. canada16

    canada16 Notebook Evangelist

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    it says disable or uninstal.

    right click does not say delete part.?
     
    canada16, Nov 3, 2009
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  2. BrandonSi

    BrandonSi Notebook Savant

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    Under 'Disk management'? (Make sure it's not device manager.) Let me see if I can find a guide for windows 7.
     
    BrandonSi, Nov 3, 2009
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    canada16 Notebook Evangelist

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    Got it sorry my bad

    It wont let me delete, its blanked out.

    Strange.
     
    canada16, Nov 3, 2009
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  4. BrandonSi

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    No problem, they look alike :)
     
    BrandonSi, Nov 3, 2009
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    canada16 Notebook Evangelist

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    Anything else I can do?

    As cant delete
     
    canada16, Nov 3, 2009
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  6. BrandonSi

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    Looks like windows isn't going to do it.. Try Parition Magic, or search google for a free parition software. Let me know what you find. Basically what were trying to do is delete the parition on your thumb drive, and create a new one. This is different from formatting, which is why I want to see if this will work.
     
    BrandonSi, Nov 3, 2009
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    You can always use HJ-Split to split the file. It's a fast process, it shouldn't take long. NTFS has a bigger file allocation table than FAT, takes up more space from the drive.
     
    TwiztidKidd, Nov 3, 2009
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    canada16 Notebook Evangelist

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    Got part magic and deleted and tried formating again, but said mounting failed.

    Me thinks Ive been Had.
     
    canada16, Nov 3, 2009
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    Yeah...someone sure did something to it. Or the guy sold you a bad drive. Either way... :rolleyes:

    I'm sorry. :eek:
     
    Angelic, Nov 3, 2009
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    KonstantinDK, Nov 3, 2009
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    Yeah, it sounds like the drive is corrupt or bad. This should be a very easy process, and all these problems are not normal. Hope you didn't spend too much on it. :(
     
    BrandonSi, Nov 3, 2009
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    canada16 Notebook Evangelist

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    $13.00 = £8.00

    Lets hope ebay keep to their promise and refund, they advised 3 working days, and that was monday.

    I am transfering files, just to see how much it will hold.

    If it says 16gb, then that will be really strange, to not allow NTFS.
     
    canada16, Nov 3, 2009
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    canada16 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well it will hold 16gb, have transfered about 14 movies.

    Not sure why it wont take ntfs.
     
    canada16, Nov 3, 2009
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  14. kisetsu17

    kisetsu17 Took me long enough

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    What does your 16GB USB Stick look like? some photos?

    I think some generic USB sticks don't take kindly to file system changes and stuff, since when I did it to my cheapo 2GB (from FAT32 to NTFS, incidentally), it just died. lol

    That's odd, though. I thought Disk Management would have worked.

    Oh, and another add-on to the FAT/NTFS comparison, AFAIK in NTFS it's faster to copy large single files, while on FAT systems it goes faster for smaller, more files.
     
    kisetsu17, Nov 5, 2009
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    Man, while reading through the thread, I could of saved you a lot of time and told ya you had a bad drive. If it gives a format fail error from the GUI isn't going to format from the command prompt.

    I wouldn't even copy any files onto it. God knows what could happen to your data.
     
    surfasb, Nov 5, 2009
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  16. Angelic

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    To be fair, I told him it was probably bad all the way back from page 1, post #9.
     
    Angelic, Nov 5, 2009
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    This is true. :thumbs up:
     
    surfasb, Nov 5, 2009
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