re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 9:43 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6910 messages posted)
Sorry you think you are beng flamed, but if you want me to, I have read your posts
over the years and you certianly don't seem to have been one who graduated with a
computer science degree..
In this case, you speak in hypothosis about subjects that have definates so we are
just trying to be clear here. I read and understood your posts, which are in error
so am just trying clear up misconceptions. You probably didn't read the posts where
most of us from years ago told who we are, our education or experience. Mine, as
anyone who knows me can tell you, is considerable.
FAT was developed by Microsoft, as was NTFS so why wouldn't they know their own product
or be the experts in recommending what to use for what purpose????
And finally, you didn't read my post that stated that it may not be possible to use
the NTFS system on a Sony memory stick if it has been blocked in the firmware, or
is physically designed to only allow the FAT file system. This I can not confirm
because I don't use them, haven't tested them and don't intend to, but I have heard
that others have not been able to format some models with NTFS. So, if this is the
case, no amount of wishing or whining will change the fact that you won't be able
to do it period. For the third time, ASK SONY, and don't bother replying!! I won't
be back.. ;-)
On Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 8:17 am, Alan Masterman wrote:
>Look, I apologise for raising the subject in the first place, but I'll just take
>two (or three) basic points.
>In this forum, since when do we defend Microsoft, and quote Microsoft as an authority?
> (Not that I was blaming MS for the problem anyway, as I thought I made clear in
>my first post).
>I have no option but to use NTFS in this case because, if you had read my relevant
>message with any attention, you would know that the object is to compare read-write
>speeds between the Sony stick and a couple of others which were formatted NTFS.
>If the comparison is to have any meaning, this stick has to be formatted NTFS, because
>the read/write algorithms are completely different (as you may or may not be aware).
>What is the criterion of "efficiency"? A big question, but clearly you can't answer
>it without considering "what is the objective"? The Queen of England probably wouldn't
>look her best motoring down Horse Guards Parade in a Mack truck. Nor would you
deliver
>a load of bricks from the back seat of your Roller (although I did once know a farmer
>who carried sheep on the back seat of his Mercedes). That was the only point of
>the analogy.
>The efficiency of NTFS for floppy discs (to take a rather facile example) is obviously
>zero, because the MFT would take up more space than is available on the disc.
>Similarly, if you need a memory stick which you can carry in your pocket, and use
>with ANY pc anywhere, then NTFS will be less efficient than FAT32 because sooner
>or later you will encounter a computer which cannot read it. This was Dex's point,
>as I understand it, and I think it is a valid one. If it is essential that EVERY
>Microsoft/IBM-compatible MUST be able to read it, then within the limits of this
>criterion, the efficiency of NTFS will be uncertain and the efficiency of FAT32
will
>be 100%.
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