Ntfs formatted 32g flash drve?

no problem
this PC
removable x? ( X being the drive letter assigned to the flash drive )
properites (it might already be NTFS) if not then
format
ntfs

do this before you backup

you do understand, you GIGAbytes of external HD to create a backup
a flash drive will hold nothing more than a few boot files and commands for reinstalling the OS, not your entire hard drive

Click This PC icon or open Windows Explorer and right click the flash drive. Select Properties. It will list the File System under the Type of disk. If it lists FAT32 as the type, then you need to reformat the drive. Go back to This PC, right click the drive again, this time choose Format. Second option is File System, choose NTFS and then hit the button that says, Start. It should only take 15 - 30 seconds to format.

-Michael

-Michael

MrWizard wrote:


you do understand, you GIGAbytes of external HD to create a backup
a flash drive will hold nothing more than a few boot files and commands for reinstalling the OS, not your entire hard drive

Hmmmm, me thinks you haven't looked at the available flash drives lately. Kingston makes them up to 1 terabyte now. A little pricey though, at $700+... :)

Kingston HyperX Predator 1TB USB 3.0 Flash Drive

Dutch
Those are ssd , installed in pc
Not external USB for backup

And way pricey, can buy a new pc for less $$

128GB be enough?
Amazon - $28

As Mr. Wizard said, you just format/reformat it yourself. Most or all would come FAT formatted from the factory. Macintosh computers running recent versions of OSX do not (by default) allow writing to NTFS volumes, so a flash drive formatted that way would cause a good deal of tech support annoyance for the maker.

I would suggest being somewhat careful about buying a large flash drive, particularly online. It would be wise to make sure that it actually has the capacity it claims to have. There are fraudulent knockoff drives out there that report to your computer that they are larger than they actually are, and if you try to use the space beyond what they actually have will lose data.

My computer is in "fix it" mode (my term) so I can't format a flash drive but will find a friend's computer to do this. My "backup files?" repair prompt says there are 14.2g of files to backup ..... so my assumption is my 32g flash drive will work. There is about 30g free space on this flash drive.

it will all be free space, (except for needed overhead) once you reformat
and yes, that should be more than enough room to "backup files" 14.2 GB

your OP said "backup computer"

sorry big difference between backup some files, and back up the computer

MrWizard wrote:
Dutch
Those are ssd , installed in pc
Not external USB for backup

And way pricey, can buy a new pc for less $$

The device at the bottom of the photo is the Predator USB 1TB flash drive. The box at the top is the fancy tin it comes packed in along with the mini-extension cable and key chain clip.

I have a Windows 10 backup of its hard drive, including a recent Office, Firefox and little else on my Terabyte drive. The backup folder is 48 GB.