The overwhelming majority of USB flash drives you buy are going to come in one of two formats: FAT32 or NTFS. The first format, FAT32, is fully compatible with Mac OS X, though with some drawbacks ...

Quickly and thoroughly format any USB flash drive with your choice of FAT, FAT32, exFAT, or NTFS partition types. USB flash drives hold everything from personal information to music and pictures and ...

When you purchase a new storage drive, it may tell you it needs reformatting, but which format is best? The main options for removable drives and memory cards these days are FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS, ...

There's more to it than you might think. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Knowing how to format a hard drive seems like something ...

Today’s tip shows how to format a USB flash drive with NTFS using Command Prompt and PowerShell commands. Command Prompt This example shows how to “quick format” a memory stick mounted on D: drive to ...

Reader Gerry Prescott has a question about flash drives and iPads. He writes: In a recent article you said that you couldn’t play movies stored on a flash drive on your iPad. Is there any way at all ...