OCZ Rally 2 8Gb Memory Stick

SillyHeatsink · 18 Jan 2008 at 19:54

Bought me a new 8gb OCZ memory stick to replace my 512mb Bytestor one as I want to transfer big ISO (6 - 7gb) files.

Unfortunately, the file system is in FAT32 and Windows won't let me change it!

Anyone know of a program I can use to force a format to NTFS? I find it hard to believe that a high-end (£50 or so!) memory stick is locked in FAT32.

Tk7 · 18 Jan 2008 at 20:10

Try using the memorybar program linked here. Not used it myself but hopefully it may help.

SillyHeatsink · 18 Jan 2008 at 20:26

Heh...I used the tool (it looked official!). The drive is now labelled 'corrupt and unreadable'. The MemoryBar tool doesn't give any options to format to any other file formats.

Any other ideas? I'd return it as defective, but the packaging got thrown out *sad face*.

CircleFaust · 29 Feb 2008 at 18:23

just got my OCZ Rally2 4gb

it's also FAT 32. is this going to make it a lot slower?

ok, just transferred a file there, 920Mb (couldn't find a file exactly 1GB) and it took 1m 58sec.

does anyone else have one they could test theirs and show the results?
is yours FAT32 also?

thanks

(indeed anyone with dual channel usb 2.0 memory stick)

decto · 29 Feb 2008 at 18:56

HP do a formatting tool http://www.bay-wolf.com/utility/usbkey/usbmemkeyboot.zip

Worked for me when after freenas upset my key.

You can also make it bootable

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CircleFaust · 29 Feb 2008 at 19:02

ok, don't want it to crash like the other guys though :eek:

is NTFS a lot faster then?

SiD the Turtle · 29 Feb 2008 at 19:06

Why do you want/need NTFS? For a USB drive I really can't see a performance benefit, you'll increase the number of writes to the drive to do anything and you run a much higher risk of corruption if you pull it out without disconnecting it properly.

My 0.02p.

CircleFaust · 29 Feb 2008 at 19:11

SiD the Turtle said:
Why do you want/need NTFS? For a USB drive I really can't see a performance benefit, you'll increase the number of writes to the drive to do anything and you run a much higher risk of corruption if you pull it out without disconnecting it properly.

My 0.02p.

well that's what I wanted to know, if there an advantage. i'm not worried about changing it if there isn't.
i guess they are set to FAT 32 out of the packet for this reason

scottyboy · 29 Feb 2008 at 19:28

SiD the Turtle said:
Why do you want/need NTFS? For a USB drive I really can't see a performance benefit, you'll increase the number of writes to the drive to do anything and you run a much higher risk of corruption if you pull it out without disconnecting it properly.

My 0.02p.

in xp (and probably vista) you can just pull it out though it doesnt make a difference? i never "safely remove" it and have never had a problem. i read somewhere u dont need to wait with XP.

IAmATeaf · 29 Feb 2008 at 19:41

SiD the Turtle said:
Why do you want/need NTFS? For a USB drive I really can't see a performance benefit, you'll increase the number of writes to the drive to do anything and you run a much higher risk of corruption if you pull it out without disconnecting it properly.

My 0.02p.

Cause he wants to transfer 6-7gb files according to the OP.

SiD the Turtle · 29 Feb 2008 at 20:00

IAmATeaf said:
Cause he wants to transfer 6-7gb files according to the OP.

Well unless he wants to format it using FAT16, he won't have a problem, FAT32 is limited (by Windows) to a size of 32Gb IIRC, though individual files are limited to 2Gb or 4Gb, I think.

Edit: I see you said OP, I'm talking to Cruiser

addylad · 1 Mar 2008 at 20:23

I converted FAT -> NTFS:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Bb456984.figure1a(en-us,TechNet.10).gif

Main article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb456984.aspx

"Converting FAT volumes to NTFS

To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt

1.

Open Command Prompt. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
2.

In the command prompt window, type: convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs

For example, typing convert D: /fs:ntfs would format drive D: with the ntfs format. You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this command.

Important Once you convert a drive or partition to NTFS, you cannot simply convert it back to FAT or FAT32. You will need to reformat the drive or partition which will erase all data, including programs and personal files, on the partition."

platinum87 · 1 Mar 2008 at 22:03

if all else fails you can use winrar to split them into 2-3 files of equal size, and then transport it 1 by 1 or so.

EYEREX · 1 Mar 2008 at 23:32

SillyHeatsink said:
Heh...I used the tool (it looked official!). The drive is now labelled 'corrupt and unreadable'. The MemoryBar tool doesn't give any options to format to any other file formats.

Any other ideas? I'd return it as defective, but the packaging got thrown out *sad face*.

have you tried Disk Management ie right click on My Computer/Mange/Storage/Disk Management and format that way