"Are you sure you want to copy this file without its properties?" when coping .jpg files to thumbdrive.

Anonymous
2012-03-22T06:15:53+00:00

"Are you sure you want to copy this file without its properties?" when coping .jpg files to thumbdrive.

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Anonymous
2012-03-22T18:46:26+00:00

Hi,

Is the thumb drive formatted as FAT 32 (File Allocation Table 32) or NTFS (New Technology File System)?

Windows stores file metadata on NTFS using a feature known as Alternate Data Streams. That is, the metadata is stored in a different "stream" (a file system object with a different identity) than the stream which holds the file data. Since FAT32 does not support ADS, data in these alternate streams cannot be copied, and will be lost if you proceed with the copy.

If you do not have any data on the thumb drive, then you can format the drive. If the data is not backed up then you need to backup the data from the thumb drive on to the computer hard drive and then restore it back after performing the format.

Try formatting the thumb drive in NTFS format and check if the issue persists. To do so, follow these steps.

a.       Insert the thumb drive and go Start menu and then Computer.

b.      Right click on the thumb drive and click Format.

c.       Under "File System" select "NTFS" and then click Start. Once the format is done, check to see if you can copy the files successfully.

Hope this helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-08-10T16:50:36+00:00

    What????? Why can't techies just explain things in simple language? Did not understand a thing here.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-04-02T17:21:20+00:00

    I wander how Ms representatives almost every time miss the target - question was about properties, not format...

    Regarding https://superuser.com/questions/447174/which-properties-are-lost-when-windows-says-x-jpg-has-properties-that-cant-be-c probably information being discarded relates to the file metadata created by Windows OS:

    • user who created and modified the file,
    • some cache info.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-27T10:07:09+00:00

    I have been using this same thumb drive for over 2 years now, This issue just started a few weeks back

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-08-13T16:08:15+00:00

    So will there be any risk if I transfer the items from my dropbox into my hard disk drive without properties?

    What purpose is the properties, by the way?

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