Format 4 GB Thumb Drive

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jeno

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Hello all,

I have 2 question:

I am try to format a 4 GB thumb drive using Disk Utilities on Mac OS X 10.4.9.
I have been formating it for more that 24 hours now and the Disk Utilities still show "Preparing to Format" on the status, the software does not crash but i am not getting my thumb drive formated into Mac format.

After formating the thumb drive, it is possible to make it a start-up disk ? I am trying to "burn" Disk Warrior into a thumb drive instead of a CD which i will normally use it like a start-up disk. Disk Utilities does not allow me to "burn" Disk Warrior iso into a thumb drive. Is there any way to do it?

Please help. Thanks
 
Hi Jeno,

If the thumb drive happens to be a firewire one, then it can be used as a bootable drive.
24 hours? Cancel the process and force quit Disk Utility if needed. It should not take that long.
 
The 4 GB thumb drive is USB 2.0
I have try a few time, still i wont format. hope it doesn't spoil my thumb drive.
 
jeno said:
It was FAT 32, i try to format to Mac format
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There are three available Mac formats. However, you have given not a hint of anything amiss with your thumbdrive.

Just an aside, modern thumb drives have added an unchangeable partition which is usually labeled "U3 System." It is formatted FAT32 and contains three Windows-specific files: autorun.inf, LaunchU3.exe, and LaunchU3.zip. You cannot reformat this partition. You can, however, reformat the other partition.
 
The thumb drive is FAT 32, i can connect it to PC with no problem. However i try to make a Mac boot up drive by using it. I try to format is as Mac OS Extended by using Disk Utilities in the Mac OS X.

By the way i dont see any any partition in the thumb drive? am i doing it the wrong way?
 
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