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problems with 8GB USB flash drive

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Copies of files on the 8GB flash drive are not the same. zip files canot be opened picture files do not show the picture, but the byte size look OK. I never had this problem with 2 or 4 GB flash drives. Any clue what is wrong?
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Re: problems with 8GB USB flash drive

Hi, I just experienced the same problem with a new 8gb stick I bought. Did you ever get your problem resolved or an answer?
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Re: problems with 8GB USB flash drive

Could you post the name of your usb stick. It sounds like the files are corrupted. Recovering corrupted files is not very easy at all!
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Re: problems with 8GB USB flash drive

If you buy cheap flash drives, well... they are cheap. I also have a 8gb flash, but it corrupts large files (e.g. video).
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Re: problems with 8GB USB flash drive

You got it formatted correctly?

If its over 2gb it should be formatted NTFS - *NOT* FAT or FAT32
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yeah... well with mine I can't format it as NTFS, don't know why, don't really care. I bought a cheap product, and got what I paid for, perhaps that will solve the issue for the other guys though.
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yeah FAT doesnt support large drives

What OS you using?
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Usually xp, sometime vista. Don't worry about me though, I have hi-jacked this thread unintentionally...
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Re: problems with 8GB USB flash drive

It could be the OP's problem too.

You aught to be able to format as NTFS in any NT based system which supports USB. Try disk management?
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It could be the OP's problem too.

You aught to be able to format as NTFS in any NT based system which supports USB. Try disk management?
I have an 8GB Imation Swivel drive and it is formatted as FAT32. I'm using XP Pro SP3 and there is not an option in either Disk Management or Format, to format it in NTFS.

It is my understanding that FAT32 formats up to 32GB and can handle files up to 4GB in size (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463)
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