View original (French)

USB key FAT to NTFS

Sircaya Posted messages 5 Status Member -  
Gouril Posted messages 3765 Status Contributor -
Hello,
I wanted to add music to my USB drive with my new notebook (the old one has died), and it shows me this message: "the root of the drive has been formatted with the FAT file system and can only store a limited number of items. Store the items in a subfolder or format the drive again using the NTFS file system."

I can’t create a subfolder...

Can I format my USB drive without losing the data? If so, how...

2 answers

  1.
    jee pee Posted messages 31883 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   9 979
     
    Hello,

    I would, instead of trying to format the USB drive, copy everything it contains to the PC, and then I would calmly format the drive.

    Best regards

    --
            A stranger is a friend we haven't met yet.
    0
  2. Gouril Posted messages 3765 Status Contributor 580
     
    Good evening,

    Reformatting means losing the data on the USB drive.

    So, first, you need to copy the data from the drive to the computer.

    Only then go to the disk manager, which is located in applications/utilities, and format the drive in NTFS format.

    After this formatting, you can put your data back along with the other folders.

    --
    Help my neighbor as I have been helped... / google = 95% of the solutions, but you knew that!
    ~¨¨¨¨~''°º^v^^v^-= Make love and not war! =-^v^^v^º°''~¨¨¨¨~
    0