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[HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« on: January 15, 2013, 02:37:36 pm »
Guys anybody can help me with my problem?
I tried several times to format my USB drive in NTFS but it says "Windows Unable to Format" .


guys please help me with my problem.. :(



-sorry i don't know where i'm going to put this topic..

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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2013, 02:56:05 pm »
Try this.

1. Open CMD as administrator.
2. Type the following command:
format E: /fs:ntfs (where E is your USB drive letter).
3. Wait for a minute to finish the process.
4. Once Windows finishes the format process, close command prompt.
5. You are done!



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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2013, 03:34:48 pm »
Format your usb with this.
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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2013, 03:43:12 pm »
Try this.

1. Open CMD as administrator.
2. Type the following command:
format E: /fs:ntfs (where E is your USB drive letter).
3. Wait for a minute to finish the process.
4. Once Windows finishes the format process, close command prompt.
5. You are done!

i already tried this one but it doesnt work.. :( Failed to convert..  Please run utility disk..

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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2013, 03:46:02 pm »

Try this.

1. Open CMD as administrator.
2. Type the following command:
format E: /fs:ntfs (where E is your USB drive letter).
3. Wait for a minute to finish the process.
4. Once Windows finishes the format process, close command prompt.
5. You are done!

i already tried this one but it doesnt work.. :( Failed to convert..  Please run utility disk..


This should have worked
If it didn't, maybe your partitions are messed up?
You could boot off a gparted disk and re-partition it and then format it NTFS
Except I don't know why you want NTFS on a 4GB flash drive, that doesn't make much sense

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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2013, 03:48:50 pm »

This should have worked
If it didn't, maybe your partitions are messed up?
You could boot off a gparted disk and re-partition it and then format it NTFS
Except I don't know why you want NTFS on a 4GB flash drive, that doesn't make much sense

can you please give me the step by step on how to do that?


i want NTFS in my flash drive because i want to put files more than 4GB.. are you familiar with AltDS?

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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2013, 03:57:08 pm »
can you please give me the step by step on how to do that?


i want NTFS in my flash drive because i want to put files more than 4GB.. are you familiar with AltDS?


But if it's a 4GB flash drive how are you going to put files bigger than 4GB on there?
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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2013, 04:01:18 pm »

But if it's a 4GB flash drive how are you going to put files bigger than 4GB on there?

if you familiar with AltDS then you can do that sir.. :)

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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2013, 06:17:24 pm »
Use
DISKPART....

Google it... Diskpart is a command line utility..
Go to cmd>>diskpart...
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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2013, 07:20:52 pm »
If you have Windows XP bootable CD, you can run the setup and format it easily
Better know it and don't need rather than need it and don't know it

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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2013, 08:10:14 pm »
@OP: You obviously missed the true and only proper solution by Mr. Gexxos, right here.

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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2013, 02:51:06 am »
@OP: You obviously missed the true and only proper solution by Mr. Gexxos, right here.
i've already done with that but it doesnt solve my problem.. :(

If you have Windows XP bootable CD, you can run the setup and format it easily
i'm referring my USB not my OS ..

Staff note: double post, nigga.
« Last Edit: January 16, 2013, 11:32:47 am by Kulverstukas »

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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2013, 03:13:15 am »
@Op did you even refer Google for diskpart?
Whatever.
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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2013, 03:19:51 am »
@Op did you even refer Google for diskpart?
Whatever.
yes sir... but when i type the command disk list my usb doesn't appear.. :'(

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Re: [HELP] Format USB drive (4.0GB) in NTFS format using Windows XP
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2013, 03:38:10 am »
List disk
not disk list.

does the usb shows up in "computer"
if it doesn't, then either it is hardware problem or
the driver's...
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