Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder2.ecngs.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.brightview.co.uk!news.brightview.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:54:09 -0600 From: Chris Newman Subject: Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:50:56 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <5263267f8dcvjazz@waitrose.com> References: <5262094265cvjazz@waitrose.com> <5262f708a6cvjazz@waitrose.com> <85ee1f6352.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk> User-Agent: Pluto/3.04e (RISC-OS/4.39) NewsHound/v1.52-32 Organization: None Lines: 24 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-ajMEzXZ11evleNzMXrMCQ/Kcp0IoK7Qkt204k6iHRNhCz9vev6ULyorM5MzrzC++Ecjq3L2xaC5S1zd!mlRys3akjntKFVTyv3uilUDa4Sn/W+cLltqDIL0hHLADVJZLLXwUU1Qax6UDxxGqkakzrASYQbE= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2059 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.acorn.misc:3678 In article <85ee1f6352.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk>, Tony Moore wrote: > On 17 Feb 2012, druck wrote: > > On 17/02/2012 14:57, Tony Moore wrote: > > > > > If the drive is formatted to FAT32, I believe that files written on > > > one platform may not be visible on the other. > > > > No, it's the other way round. Anything that can understand FAT32 gets > > it right. If it is formatted as FAT16 by later version of Windows, > > older software, including that on RISC OS, may not be able to handle > > it correctly. > Here there are two flash drives: Toshiba 256MB and Kingston 1GB. Both > were formatted using Windows Vista to FAT, not FAT32. (Vista formatting > options are NTFS, FAT, FAT32 and exFAT.) > Both drives work without any visibility problem on Windows Vista, XP and > RISC OS 6.20 Unipod. I concur. I find much the same here with Virtual Acorn SA 4.02 & XP -- Chris Newman