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USB Flash Drives No Longer Showing Up?
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1002954" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>To the OP:</p><p></p><p>The only format that is compatible (without special drivers) to both the PC (Windows) and your Mac is FAT-32. Keep in mind though that FAT-32 has a ~4 Gb file limit (if your flash drive is a large one).</p><p></p><p><strong>And a warning</strong> Do not format a flash drive using your Mac if you wish the drive to be able to be read both on a PC and Mac.</p><p></p><p>Here's why: Disk Utility will leave a small 200 Mb protective partition on the flash drive in addition to formatting the remainder of the drive. You'll wind up with two partitions on the drive. That's OK if you're only going to use the drive with a Mac. However, Windows can only "see" the first partition on a flash drive. So if you have a flash drive that's 8 Gb which you just formatted with Disk Utility, Windows will only "see" it as 200 Mb.</p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1002954, member: 46727"] To the OP: The only format that is compatible (without special drivers) to both the PC (Windows) and your Mac is FAT-32. Keep in mind though that FAT-32 has a ~4 Gb file limit (if your flash drive is a large one). [B]And a warning[/B] Do not format a flash drive using your Mac if you wish the drive to be able to be read both on a PC and Mac. Here's why: Disk Utility will leave a small 200 Mb protective partition on the flash drive in addition to formatting the remainder of the drive. You'll wind up with two partitions on the drive. That's OK if you're only going to use the drive with a Mac. However, Windows can only "see" the first partition on a flash drive. So if you have a flash drive that's 8 Gb which you just formatted with Disk Utility, Windows will only "see" it as 200 Mb. Regards. [/QUOTE]
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