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On 08/04/11 17:45, Neil Winchurst wrote:
I have a USB memory stick and may one day need an external hard drive. When bought how will they be formatted? And if I would like them to be formatted to eg EXT4 what would be the best utility to use? Thanks for any help Neil
They will most likely be formatted to FAT32.Personally I tend to leave my USB sticks in FAT32 format, that way I can transfer them between my notebook, my XBOX360, PS3 and the wifes's PC.
If I do format anything though (my external USB hard drive is EXT4 format) I use mkfs.ext4 in the command line.
I also tend to change the partition type from 6 (or b or c I believe) which are Windows types to type 83 which is set to Linux.
Not knowing if there is a graphical tool available to format drives (other than GParted which is possibly a bit overkill) there is this...
http://cha-wares.blogspot.com/Mind you, I haven't tried it, it's what I found on Google. Other applications may exist that do the job better.
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