NIM Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 If you have ever tried to format a USB thumb drive or memory stick, you may have noticed that the only options you get are FAT and FAT32 file systems. This is the default behavior in Windows XP. However, with some slight tweaking of settings, you can actually format your removable storage devices in NTFS format, including external hard drives, etc.Of course, there is a reason why Windows defaults the formatting of removable storage to FAT and FAT32. There are actually a few advantages and disadvantages to formatting a USB drive in NTFS format, so we Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DennyMK Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 (edited) Thank you @N1K, I never thought about this before. Nice to know, specially "Optimize for performance" part. :thumbsup_anim: Edited December 24, 2008 by DennyMK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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