It comes with a fat32 file system which limits the max file sixe to 4gb.Is it possible to reformat it to ntfs ?
172570
Sure....it is just like any other hard drive so you can format using any method you want.
119875
Yes, you can reformat this card as NTFS. It will come shipped with exFAT formatting.
980739
You can format it into Fat 32 on your computer but it comes formatted in Fat 32 out of the box anyway.
603306
You could reformat to fat 32, but the size limits of fat 32 are far below the full capacity of this hard drive, so you either have to have multiple partitions or use NTFS to have the full capacity. Fat 32 is much slower in some circumstances also. There are some details on the size limits on this page. Hope that was helpful. Troy http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938432.aspx
2099597
This been formated in FAT32, so 4gb is a maximum to transfer for 1 file. But you can still change its type to NTFS then everything will be OK.
2036026
The flash drive is in Fat 32 format which will have limitation on 4GB or below file tranfering. If you format it to NTFS, you can transfer any size of files as long as the whole capacity allows it. Is this what you mean?
361573
Mine came formatted with the FAT32 file system so I changed it to NTFS and it did it just fine!
361680
Yes, in one of two ways. You can partition the whole drive as ExFAT, or have a Windows partition (FAT32) and a Mac partition (HFS+).
163741
Depends on the format you want it on. If you need it to be compatible with both mac and PC, then no. Fat32 has a 4GB limit. However, if you are on a mac, you can format the drive as Journaled and put any size on it, but it will only work with mac computers. If PC, you can format it NTFS and it will take any size but only work on PCs.
838528
I'm running windows 8 and the drive gives the option to format to exFat. This allows you to use the drive on both PC and MAC without the 4GB file max.
1389636
A single FAT32 file is limited to 4GB in size, but you can format a 16GB (or larger) drive to FAT32 with no problems when used with individual files smaller than 4GB (each) in size. If you are needing to use individual files larger than 4GB then you should format the drive using NTFS or exFAT (with Win 7 or 8).
361575
As stated, it comes formatted in exFat file system -- You can format to NTFS/ext3 however when I did so I lost over half of the drive's write speed. Formatted it back to exFat and it was fast and zippy again. I'm not about to store a file larger than 4gb on a thumbdrive so I'd rather have the speed in exFat. If I need to move or xfer a file larger than 4 gb i'll put it on my external hd. Shame to loose the speed by changing the file system though.
838530
Yes. You can pretty much format any drive you like to a FAT32. You can find many freeware programs that will do this. It still is going strong as my Wii U storage device.
129750
4GB is the maximum size for a file if the device is formatted as Fat32. I recommend reformatting to exFat if you are using Windows XP to 7 and Apple systems.
796105
Yes, but it has to be formatted to exFAT if you want the files to be over 4gbs. (NTFS also for Windows)
153289
Yes, hello, This Drive Works With NTFS and FAT, But FAT, in all Drives, can't save files bigger then 5GB or So. Even So, Everyhting is mostly NTFS now, so just use that. Now, When I Backup, I Use TrueCrypt to secure my backups, because i dont "trust" Windows Backup. But There Should Be now Problem. I'm Pretty Sure That when I Got the drive, It was allready formatted to NTFS with 931GB of Space. Just Configure You Settings in windows backup, and direct it to the PHD (Portbale Hard Drive) There should be no problems at all.
313828
How? I hooked up my portable hard drive and it did not work! Problem is, its NTSF and not FAT32 formatted. Tried to reformat, and no go there either.