Memory Sticks (etc) From Vista to XP

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  1. connec

    connec What's a Dremel?

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    I've been having some trouble with memory sticks/portable hard-drives that have been formatted on Vista not showing in XP, this was a common problem at my school also (some XP machines and some Vista machines...) but google is being completely useless about it xD

    Any help would be cool.
     
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  2. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    Format pen-drives as FAT (up to 4Gb) or FAT32.
     
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  3. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    File system (NTFS) of Vista is not the same as the one in XP.
    Do like cpemma suggest.

    Is Windows XP, at SP3 and FULLY updated?`
     
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  4. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Eh? My copy of XP only wants to format anything to NTFS... :\
     
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  5. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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  6. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    Even a floppy?

    Get the HP format tool.
     
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  7. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Floppies will format as FAT, but nothing else will... :(

    Another useful app though. Cheers! :D
     
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