Waco Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 (edited) exFAT is essentially FAT64. It's the newest iteration of the FAT file system. You could use FAT32 as well since the drive is 4 GB and the only *real* limitation for FAT32 is...well nothing for a small drive. FAT32 limitations only really affect large files (> 4 GB) and large disks (> 32 GB). I'd still go with exFAT if you don't need to use it on Macs. Newer versions of Linux can read exFAT. Edited June 1, 2011 by Waco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahul Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 I had a similar issue with my 8gb usb drive. It turned to a 1gb drive. As said, with Windows Disk Management, we cant do any thing, delete the partition / extend etc. This can be fixed by using the Freeware from HP - HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. I guess this does it by updating the MBR with correct values. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokomoto Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 I had a similar issue with my 8gb usb drive. It turned to a 1gb drive. As said, with Windows Disk Management, we cant do any thing, delete the partition / extend etc. This can be fixed by using the Freeware from HP - HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. I guess this does it by updating the MBR with correct values. I just signed up to say thank you, this tool did the trick for me. Had to run the program in Administrator mode but all went well. My drives said it had a capacity of 4MB when in reality it had 2GB. Thanks again the HP USB Deisk Storage Format Tool fix my issue! Thank you for the info! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abinsimon10 Posted April 5, 2014 Posted April 5, 2014 use HP Flash Drive format. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted April 5, 2014 Posted April 5, 2014 Ah! The yearly thread bump has occurred! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teja2495 Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) Open command prompt and type these commands: Diskpart (opens diskpart) List Disk select disk X (X is the disk number of your pendrive) Detail Disk (to ensure you didn't select the wrong disk) Clean Create partition primary Select partition 1 Active Format fs=ntfs quick assign that's it you're done! Edited July 25, 2014 by teja2495 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatochobit Posted September 25, 2014 Posted September 25, 2014 interestingly, I just found out about HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool been using USB drives with freeNAS and I kept wondering why my gigabytes were disappearing 2014 is the year for bumps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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