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Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick

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In article <f86c0c6252.davehigton@dsl.pipex.com>, Dave Higton
<davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> In message <5262094265cvjazz@waitrose.com> Chris Newman
>           <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:
> > If I stick them
> > in my Windows machine & choose Format, the top of the list is FAT so I
> > presume this means they are currently FAT16. Am I right in that
> > assumption? Is there any other way of checking what the current format
> > is? Should I reformat them as FAT (16) or is there any advantage in
> > formatting them FAT32? Will my RiscPC even recognise FAT32?

> FAT can in theory refer to FAT12, FAT16 or FAT32.  However, very little
> other than floppy discs use FAT12, so really it's down to FAT16 and FAT32.

> There is no difference in principle between the way all three of them work,
> but there are differences in detail.  As usual, they are trade- offs; you
> might say that FAT16 is better with a small number of large files, whereas
> FAT32 is better with a large number of small files. In reality, you would
> be pushed to notice the difference.

> A drive of around 2 GB is highly likely to be FAT16.

> My recommendation as a starting point is to try formatting one and see if
> the Risc PC recognises the result.  If it does, you've won.

Thanks, Dave. As an experiment, I formatted a2GB drive in my Windows machine.
First FAT32 bit then FAT16. My Unipod in the RiscPC 700  Adjust 4.39
recognised them both but the FAT16 opened much more quickly & the dragging
files operation was much quicker.
Is it possible to format the drives on my RISC PC? Jeff Doggett's formatting
tools only work on the Iyonix, 'twould seem

-- 
Chris Newman

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Fwd: Formatting USB stick Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-02-15 18:55 +0000
  Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-02-15 19:29 +0000
    Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-02-17 14:12 +0000
      Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-17 14:57 +0000
        Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-02-17 15:34 +0000
          Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-17 16:00 +0000
            Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-02-17 22:53 +0000
        Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-02-17 19:33 +0000
          Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-17 21:39 +0000
            Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-02-17 22:50 +0000
  Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-02-15 20:13 +0000
    Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-02-15 23:07 +0000
      Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-02-16 00:13 +0000
      Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick jeff <jeffrey.a.doggett@gmail.com> - 2012-02-15 23:57 -0800
      Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-02-16 20:20 +0000

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