Floppy disk formated with NTFS?

[Antoneo]

I was just wondering why certain file systems are allowed and others are not. Why isn't NTFS allowed on a floppy?

 

[imported_Mitchell]

I doubt the floppy disk has enough room on it to even store the NTFS partition information, let alone give you space to put files on it.

 

[KickusAssius]

I don't even think you can put FAT32 on a floppy. They are just FAT16 and then something even older aren't they? Regardless, what would be the possible benefit of using a high volume file system for a medium that is so small.

 

[LTC8K6]

Yeah, the Master File Table for one.

 

[Antoneo]

Originally posted by: KickusAssius
I don't even think you can put FAT32 on a floppy. They are just FAT16 and then something even older aren't they? Regardless, what would be the possible benefit of using a high volume file system for a medium that is so small.

Yep, they're usually FAT16. I was just curious as to why it can't be done or if it can. It's just one of those things where you wonder if it is possible or not.

 

[Sunner]

You can, there are utilities for it, Sysinternals has got one called NTFSFlp.

 

[LED]

It s posible although not recommended.

 

[AMDFanatic]

I think the NTFS system table is larger than 1.44MB.

 

[AMDFanatic]

Originally posted by: LED
It s posible although not recommended.

Wonder if that works for pen drives.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Antoneo

Originally posted by: KickusAssius
I don't even think you can put FAT32 on a floppy. They are just FAT16 and then something even older aren't they? Regardless, what would be the possible benefit of using a high volume file system for a medium that is so small.

Yep, they're usually FAT16. I was just curious as to why it can't be done or if it can. It's just one of those things where you wonder if it is possible or not.

Nope. They are FAT12.

Originally posted by: AMDFanatic

Originally posted by: LED
It s posible although not recommended.

Wonder if that works for pen drives.

Don't need anything special for that - just the command line.
First, plug the device in, then go to Device Manager. Right click it, select Properties.
Policies tab.
Check "Optimize for performance".
Reboot if you feel like it, but it's not necessary.

format x: /fs:ntfs

I remember doing this before, but I also have it in my mind that it's a bad idea, but I don't remember why.
Ah, ok, probably because, if you change that "Optimize for performance" back to the norm for removable drives - optimize for fast removal - you can't see the data on the drive. It can tell that there's something there, but it won't display any files or folders. So if you stick the drive into another system, you won't see anything on it - maybe making the needed changes in Device Manager will rectify that, but it's a lot of trouble just for NTFS support.

 

[LED]

Pen drives are easier as I accidently did mine while it was plugged in and I was installing XP on a rig. I lost all my data and had a hellava time converting it back .

Info1

Info2

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, Floppys are not even Fat 16. They are Fat 12. The cluster size is only 1K if I remember correctly. Jim