How to change usb file system?

Question

I've been searching on StackOverflow and already found this question and this question, but it didn't offer me a solution.

I'm learning ASP.NET and am creating a web page with web parts in it. You should be able to move these around when in Edit mode. In IE this works fine, in Google Chrome (version 15) I am unable to do this.

The answer on this question states that the problem only occurs when using the ASP.NET Development Server. So, I installed IIS Express 7.5 and configured my project to use IIS Express.

That didn't help much. Instead, now I am even unable to close or minimize the web parts on my site or go into edit mode. This behavior even occurs in IE!

Am I doing something wrong here? I know there are more modern ways to get this to work, but as I am trying to implement the exercises that are in my 70-515 exam book, I'd like to get things working using plain web parts.

Update The reason I couldn't do anything with the web parts when using IIS Express is that IIS Express made me an anonymous user, while you must be authenticated in order to modify the web parts. This blog post helped me to solve it. However, my original problem still isn't solved. In Google Chrome, it doesn't make a difference if I use ASP.NET Development server or IIS Express. In both cases, drag and drop doesn't work.

I suppose the answer mentioned earlier (which stated the problem only occurs using ASP.NET Development Server) is incorrect. According to this Microsoft Connect entry, it doesn't work and won't be fixed either.

Solution 1

This article answers your question:

Q: How do I format a USB Flash Drive to NTFS file system?
A: To enable NTFS on your USB Flash Drive drive (USB Flash Memory):

1. Right click My Computer and select Manage.

2. Open the Device Manager and find your USB drive under the Disk Drives heading.

   

3. Right click the drive and select Properties.

4. Choose Policies tab and select the "Optimize for performance" option.

   

5. Click OK.
6. Open My Computer.

7. Select Format on the flash drive.

   

8. Choose NTFS in the File System dropdown box.

9. Device Formatting is completed.

   

Important: To remove a device safely without data loss use a "safely remove hardware" procedure or Eject function from Windows Explorer.

Solution 2

You could use convert.exe:

> CONVERT driveletter: /FS:NTFS

where driveletter is the driveletter of your flash drive of course.

Comments

[fretje]

One advantage of this method is that you don't need to format the drive. The data can stay on it.

[fretje]

Also supposing you are on windows btw.

[quack quixote]

in particular, it's a win-XP utility. any confirmation it also exists on vista & win-7?

[fretje]

@~quack: Just checked, en I can confirm that the tool is still included in Windows 7.

[quack quixote]

thanks! i just noticed your MS link didn't specify them, so it was worth asking. :)