TUTORIAL:Format USB Flash drive into NTFS format in Windows XP
28 04 2008We all know about Widows Vista contains some extra properties and features in comparison to Windows XP like We can format USB flash drive into NTFS format in Windows Vista. It’s a simple guide to format USB flash drive into NTFS format in Windows XP.
1) Plug USB flash drive (wait for detection process completion)
2) Run Device Manager
a. Right click on My Computer and go to Manage n click on Device Manger
b. Right click on My Computer and go to Properties n navigate to Hardware tab n click on Device Manager Button.
3) Under the devices tree Expand Disk Drives and right click on your flash drive and go to properties.
4) Navigate to Policies tab and select for Optimize for Performance and apply.
5) Run Command Prompt (just type cmd in Run Dialog box and hit enter)
Let’s say your USB flash drive letter is I:
6) Run the command
C:\>Format I: /FS:NTFS
OR
You can format the flash drive via right click on drive and click on format….you’ll be amazed..woo you will get NTFS option to perform formatting.
Complete the formatting process and accomplished.
Interesting… the question is… why on earth would you want to ? FAT works fine upto about the 2Gb point where FAT32 takes over right the way upto 32Gb. NTFS has no benefit on a portable device unless you are talking a 16 /32 GB USB key, anything less and performance is actually decreased.