Ntfs formatted 32g flash drve?

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.

128GB be enough?
Amazon - $28

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

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

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

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

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