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When I looked for those pictures the other day, I tried to copy stuff of Herself's XP/32 bit PC onto my 256GB USB stick - which I had formatted to FAT32 using a format tool, since Windows won't let you (it wants you to use the proprietary exFAT, which isn't supported by Android).
The fires didn't transfer correctly though Windows XP said they had, and I figured it was XP had problems with the size and used a smaller 32GB device instead. No biggie.
But ... I figured that if XP tried, then it might have corrupted the file structure, and if I wanted this to be portable, I needed to put it back to exFAT. I don't transfer big files to or from Android anyway, so it doesn't matter that much.
And I started formatting it to exFAT at around 18:00 last night. It's still going. 18% complete. 
And this is USB2, which should be fast enough.
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...
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Something definitely wrong there... Even you asked for override the data part of the drive (and not only a quick format, which should take a few seconds) it would not take that much time... It should be done within a few (less than 3) hours...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Using diskpart...format fs=exfat, so you don't get a "quick format" option.
(I tried via Windows Format, and it just sat there doing diddly-squat so I assumed it wasn't happy and killed it. Chances are it was just too slow to show up on the progress bar...)
19% now ... in two minds about killing it ... 
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format /FS=fat32 /Q Isn't /Q should do the trick from the command line?
Or for diskpart use:
format fs=fat32 quick
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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I killed it, and did a quick format from windows - took microseconds - and a quick test says it works, so it look like it was just the disk check that was causing slowness.
A quick check with a 1GB video file says this isn't a fast device - about 4.5 MB/s write speed, compared with 75MB/s for SSD/SSD copying.
And it looks like there may be a problem ... a quick play of the video file stops at around 75%, and trying to read it back paused at the 84% mark for a while and then continues. A play of the copied file stops at the same point, so looks like either the device is faulty or has bad sectors. That would explain the slow full format. Damnit!
Chuck in the bin time ...
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It is time to move to reliable media...
The future is here...[^]
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Forgot to check the Quick Format checkbox which disables the chkdsk run scanning for bad sectors?
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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? 
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- Homer
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I'm not that stooo...<<connection lost>>
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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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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
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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
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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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