What would be better when formatting a memory stick? Which one will give more room.
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08-30-2006, 10:19 PM What would be better when formatting a memory stick? Which one will give more room.
Originally Posted by demondude777 
08-30-2006, 10:25 PM Here's what wikipedia has to say...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat32
If your memorystick is 4gigs or less, FAT16 is probably best.
08-30-2006, 10:45 PM thanks drizzle...you rule man!
Originally Posted by demondude777 
08-31-2006, 03:33 AM wait a minute you can modify your MS so it has more room..and i know this is a stupid question but is there anyway to like dump your memory from one ms onto another?
08-31-2006, 03:36 AM copy all the folders in the root, paste to your hard drive, wipe the stick and reformat, then paste the folders back to the root
08-31-2006, 03:37 AM alright thanks julie I'll try it out
08-31-2006, 04:53 AM now how much of a diffeence would I see on a 1 gig Scandisk card? Would it even be worth it?
08-31-2006, 03:09 PM You would probably not see much difference. A couple bits per file. You may get an extra few hundred kbits out of that gig stick (less then a meg, and an mp3 is usually a couple meg... so reformatting may get you 20-40 seconds of an mp3).
08-31-2006, 04:42 PM Hehehehe...I thought it was ScanDisk for the longest time too...take another look! It is actually "SanDisk".
On a 4gb stick...I might get a couple megs back...
Originally Posted by demondude777 08-31-2006, 07:17 PM ohh..hmm diddnt know that, lol
08-31-2006, 08:21 PM isnt a bad idea to reformat it once in awhile anyway. espicallly if you move applications on and off the stick alot
08-31-2006, 10:17 PM well, i find it takes a long time to load stuff now. Would that be it telling me to reformat it? Instead of it taking 2-3 seconds to open up music tab, it now takes 10-15 seconds. But the card light isnt even blinking at all. I don't get it!
08-31-2006, 10:23 PM couldnt hurt. how filled is the card? i have over 1000 pics on my card so when i try to open that section is lags a bit
08-31-2006, 10:33 PM not filed at all. I think i ha ve 20 ictures on it and a few mp3s allong with a movie and a tv show. I have plenty space left over.
09-01-2006, 05:56 PM That I didn't know.....does it help free up space. Damn, I move folders off and on there like weekly. I haven't formatted the thing since I got it.
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