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NTFS format in USB Flash Drive? How...?

Usually all of you just format in FAT or FAT32 Only. The fact, Windows XP can format your USB Pen Drive in NTFS, and must not have seen any option for your default XP. I will share, How to use it.

NTFS allows you encrypting your data which is a feature that is inbuilt in Windows XP and above. It also lets you to add allow and deny permissions on individual files and folders for specific Windows users, something you can’t think of using FAT file systems.

So here it's How To Format Your USB Pen Drive In NTFS File System:

Plug in your USB device to any free USB port of you computer.

01. Now click on Start Menu button:


And you will see My Computer icon there. Right Click on it and click on Manage:


02. Once in Computer Management, click on Device Manager and a list will pop up in right hand side window:


03. Now click on Disk Drives, select your USB Pen Drive, Right Click on it and select Properties:
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04. This will take you to the properties of your pen drive. Once there, click on Policies Tab. Followed by clicking on Optimize for performance and then finally click on OK button:


05. Now click on My Computer icon on your desktop:
my computer


After opening My Computer, Right Click on your USB Pen Drive and select Format:
right click pen drive


06. Click on File system drop down menu and you will see 3 options now. Select NTFS and click on Start button to convert it to NTFS File system:


All Done! Now you USB Flash Drive is in NTFS format, you can either compress the data in it or can encrypt the data.