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inorder to do the following guide.. which filesystem to choose? detail

#1 User is offline   dinbrca 

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Posted 23 August 2009 - 01:20 AM

in this guide:
http://www.msfn.org/...sb-t111406.html
i need to format the usb but they dont say which filesystem an 8gb usb needs to be formated to..
then which one? fat32 or ntfs?
thanks in advanced

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Posted 23 August 2009 - 02:25 AM

There is no final answer.
Use a file system supported by your hardware, by the BIOS.
Some BIOS dosn't boot from NTFS.

Try NTFS, FAT32, or even FAT16.

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Posted 23 August 2009 - 09:58 AM

View Postdinbrca, on Aug 23 2009, 09:20 AM, said:

in this guide:
http://www.msfn.org/...sb-t111406.html
i need to format the usb but they dont say which filesystem an 8gb usb needs to be formated to..
then which one? fat32 or ntfs?
thanks in advanced


In Section 3 of your reference I read:

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Format the USB-Drive with FAT or NTFS. Note: FAT32 is very SLOW for installing XP


This means you certainly need to Format with NTFS for Install of XP from USB,
otherwise FileCopy in TXT-mode XP Setup will take an hour or so ....

This post has been edited by wimb: 23 August 2009 - 09:59 AM

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