re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS Monday, July 14, 2008 at 8:32 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by DEX (11847 messages posted) Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites Click Here I'm not to sure why you want to switch it over to the NTFS and take a chance of making a new door stop. Your NTFS system can see and use the Fat32 system just fine. ( USB ports items can only run so fast ,at 480 the norm) Plus you can use the device in just about any machine you pop it in Fat32 unlike if it's in the NTFS format system somethings should not be played with.. ============== Are you a wood worker ?,if so Click Here On Monday, July 14, 2008 at 2:33 am, Alan Masterman wrote: >It is possible that this is a Sony annoyance rather than a true Win2k annoyance... >but I have a Sony Vaio 2GB memory stick which is currently formatted FAT32. I'd >like to change the file system to NTFS, but when the format progress bar reaches >the end there is a pause of five or six seconds and I then get the message "Windows >could not complete the format". >I've tried running the Convert command at the DOS prompt; but in that case, I get >the message "Cannot create the elementary file structures". >Any ideas anyone? Written in response to: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Alan Masterman: Monday, July 14, 2008 at 2:33 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Alan Masterman: Mon, Jul 14, 2008, 2:33 am) re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (DEX: Mon, Jul 14, 2008, 8:32 am) re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (C K: Mon, Jul 14, 2008, 1:59 pm) re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Alan Masterman: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 1:51 am) re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Alan Masterman: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 12:33 am) re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (C K: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 4:47 am) re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Alan Masterman: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 8:17 am) re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (C K: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 9:43 am) re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Alan Masterman: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 5:28 am) re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (geek9pm: Thu, Jul 24, 2008, 2:01 pm) re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Daid Wright: Thu, May 14, 2009, 10:27 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum