64 GB pendrive problems in Winxp

[cobito]

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Buenas. Los reyes me han regalado un pendrive de 64 gb. Lo he probado en Linux y Windows 7 y funciona perfectamente. Pero cuando lo conecto en un equipo con Windows XP (lo he probado en dos equipos), aunque reconoce la unidad y el tamaño, al intentar copiar archivos dice que está llena. Si lo intento formatear en exFat (Fat32) me dice que no se puede formatear.

Todos los equipos con Windows XP los migraré de sistema durante este año por el próximo fin de vida del sistema, pero necesito saber si el problema tiene solución para cuando tenga que pincharlo en equipos ajenos.

Gracias.

[kalevala]

Have you tried emptying the linux trash after deleting the contents of the pendrive?

It may seem silly but on mac if you delete content from the pendrive and don't empty the trash in XP it tells you that the pen is full…as MAC is also Unix maybe you can solve the problem this way...

Regards!

[cobito]

The problem only happens on Windows XP with SP3 and all updates up until a week ago. It's new and empty. The glitch comes up when I try to copy something and when I try to format it so I don't think the recycle bin, which is empty, is related.

[Fassou]

Connect it directly to the rear ports of the board, to rule out problems with cables, connectors, …

Salu2!

[cobito]

@Fassou:

Connect it directly to the rear ports of the board, to rule out problems with cables, connectors, …

Salu2!

I've already tried that. It fails on both PC#3 and PC#4 of the company so I doubt it's a physical problem. Moreover, on PC#3 it works perfectly on Linux.

[Sylver]

Administration problems perhaps? Have you tried cleaning it and creating a new partition from the CMD in Windows 7?

Best regards

[cobito]

What a strange thing. I have spent several days without launching it, going around this problem. A while ago I started putting things in from Linux and now it works perfectly normally on Windows XP.

Well, thanks anyway for the advice.

[Nemo]

Aren't the inscrutable mysteries of computer science wonderful?

Best regards

[winters]

Because you don't format it to NTFS, with USB FORMAT, I have a 64 gb Lexar and it works well with XP and Win7, it is in NTFS format.

It may be defective, do a test with HD Tune to see if it has any bad sectors..??

[cobito]

Journaling file systems like NTFS, Ext 3 or Ext 4 are potentially destructive for flash drives because they cause continuous access to memory and wear out the built-in life cycles.

If the pendrive is used little, nothing happens (it will just last less) but if it is left plugged in for long periods of time, it is a problem.

Anyway, I have already solved the problem.

[winters]

@cobito:

Journaling file systems like NTFS, Ext 3 or Ext 4 are potentially destructive for flash drives because they produce continuous access to memory and wear out the cycles of the integrated lifespan.

If the pendrive is used little, nothing happens (only that it will last less) but if it is left plugged in for long periods of time, it is a problem.

Anyway, I have already solved the problem.

What was the error..?? Out of curiosity..

PD. Anyway, if you format to FAT32, it doesn't let you put files larger than 4 gigas..? No!!

[cobito]

@winters:

What was the error..?? Out of curiosity..

P.D. Anyway, if you format to FAT32, it doesn't let you put files larger than 4 gigabytes..? No!!

If I'm not mistaken, exFAT allows files of any size and behaves like FAT32.

I don't know what the problem was. I put something on it from Linux and from that moment it worked well on XP.

[winters]

I didn't know about exFAT, I've always formatted them to NTFS, anyway, is there a difference in performance in writing and reading depending on whether it's in one format or another??

[cobito]

Supuestamente NTFS is slower, but on modern computers the difference is ridiculous.