re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS
Monday, July 14, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6910 messages posted)
If you tried this;
http://www.thinktechno.com/2008/04/22/how-to-format-a-usb-drive-with-ntfs-file-system/
and it didn't work then, no, you may not be able to format it NTFS. First off,
NTFS is less efficient and would waste space due to larger overhead on a small 2
gig drive, and has a structure that is not compatible with some electronic memory
firmware. You have to get up to 8 gig before it makes sense to format in NTFS according
to MS..
Best to contact Sony for the best answer...
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?
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