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Probably. A quick format should be sufficient when all you want is a clean file system. The sectors/cluster should not have gone anywhere.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
But come on - 90 odd hours to format a stick? 
That's like backing up a big HDD to floppies was back in the day...
Memory based mass storage always was relatively slow, even in the days when it first competed and lost the battle against hard disks[^]. There are methods to speed up the access, like internal buffering, but the transistors for the buffers and the logic also take up space on the chip, so this is done only for reading data, but not for writing. A low level format should only rarely be needed.
You wanted to reset to file system? That's what a quick format is all about. No need to wipe and verify every sector/cluster.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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For the actual copying part give this a try.
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Are you absolutely sure you're formatting the USB stick, and not your HDD? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I'm not that stooo...<<connection lost>>
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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He beams down and holds the left - with steel lying around (9)
TELEPORTS
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modified 21-Aug-18 8:32am.
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Oh very good. I like it.
And no, I'm not answering because I'm heading off to foreign shores later on today so I shall only occasionally be online over the next week.
This space for rent
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Anywhere nice? And work or pleasure?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Kos and leisure. Got some sun, sand and scuba to get in.
This space for rent
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Enjoy! Try not to think about us slaving away in this cold, damp country ... (worlds smallest violin starts to play) If I paint myself black and glue a handle to my head can I some along as hand luggage?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Shouldn't it be beams down and holds the left - with steel lying around (9)
Never thow anything away - Pete 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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I noticed a new forum today Where I am: Member Photos Discussion Boards[^] but it's empty, soooo who's going to the first to defile post? 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Well, I tried, but couldn't get the paste from clipboard to work. It's very possible that my image is in an incorrect format/size...don't know since nothing happens, and there's no verbiage yet with format/size restrictions...only SFW!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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kmoorevs wrote: only SFW
For some reason I think that's gonna be a problem.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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This forum MUST remain safe for work viewing. Any abuse such as ads, offensive pics, or anything off-topic will be deleted along with the member's account
I'd rather be phishing!
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So did a randomly-sized-screenshot
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No it didn't 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Did for me!
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Now I see it. Didn't before. Strange. I blame Microsoft!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Where I am later this day; Rome
Will be there for ten days. Anyone who wants to share a coffee is welcome.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Rome, sweet Rome.
Have not been there for a long time.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Facebook rewarmed? 
I guess I'm too old to see the attraction or interest.... 
Why bother "the future's uncertain and the end is always near" ? Roadhouse Blues, the Doors.
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