Hello there! I have a 264gb pendrive and tried your suggestion... no luck.... Thanks anyway
How can I convert my USB memory stick from EXFAT to NTFS? It's not letting me format it to NTFS.
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Anonymous
original title: How to Convert EXFAT into NTFS...?????
Hi there,
I have bought 64GB USB Memory Stick. But I am not able to format this drive into NTFS file system. I have got Windows 7 operating system. It is only allowing me to formate it into EXFAT only. Because of non NTFS file system i am not able to copy bigger than 2GB file. Even sometimes if i copy the whole folder still nothing gets copy in it. Only the folder name.
I have tried different partition softwares to formate it into NTFS but still no louck atall. Even i tried to make partition of 8GB but still no luck.
So, is there any other way that i can formate my memory stick into NTFS file system.
Please help for this problem. I am looking for the solution since last 3 months.
Regards,
Palak Patel
Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
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Anonymous
2015-08-29T02:12:13+00:00 -
Anonymous
2015-08-03T15:37:14+00:00 While this DID format the drive? It still has problems. Turns out the flash drive I have is counterfit. Someone made it "appear" as 500 Gb. I have recently learned there is no 500 Gb USB flash drive. However this does work on legit drives.
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Anonymous
2015-07-11T11:18:05+00:00 i will give this a go all else has not worked
i have 125gb usb flash drive on exfat need to change it to ntfs will update if worked or not
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Anonymous
2015-06-29T11:17:11+00:00 I am currently trying to format a (supposed to be 500 GB HP flash drive from exfat to NTFS. I have it formatting, or at least "saying it is formatting" by using the "Disk Management" component of windows 7. I had to do full format "not quick". Quick failed, just like the other suggestions here did for me. I has taken almost 2 days, ok, maybe not 2 days, but up to about 30 hours, but is now at 94 % complete. Disk management is horribly slow, but seems to be working. "or says it is". Will post if it worked afterwards.
UPDATE
500 gb flash drive completed NTFS healthy drive. Transferring a 19.2 GB file currently as a test. It is slow, but was expected. As long as it actually transfers it all. I can live with that. :)
Almost 2500 files 19.2 GB in size. Have transferred a little over a gb already, holding between 3.32 - 2.42 MBs depending on the density of the file it is transferring. My computer is a very old dual core 800 mhz DDR2 unbuffered RAM system. So that isn't too shabby. ;)
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Anonymous
2015-06-29T08:57:24+00:00 I am currently trying to format a (supposed to be 500 GB HP flash drive from exfat to NTFS. I have it formatting, or at least "saying it is formatting" by using the "Disk Management" component of windows 7. I had to do full format "not quick". Quick failed, just like the other suggestions here did for me. I has taken almost 2 days, ok, maybe not 2 days, but up to about 30 hours, but is now at 94 % complete. Disk management is horribly slow, but seems to be working. "or says it is". Will post if it worked afterwards.
UPDATE
500 gb flash drive completed NTFS healthy drive. Transferring a 19.2 GB file currently as a test. It is slow, but was expected. As long as it actually transfers it all. I can live with that. :)