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Formatting Thumb drive for PC person

Hi All,

I formatted a thumb drive EXfat for 2 large video files but a person on PC says the drive appears empty.


Any help on how they can see the files or how I can format the next thumb drive?


Thanks,

Al

iMac 27", macOS 10.13

Posted on Nov 11, 2019 3:04 PM

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Posted on Nov 11, 2019 3:52 PM

ExFAT should work, unless his PC is a dinosaur.

I would give FAT 32 a shot. It will work on a wider range of gear.

FAT 32 has a limit of 4 gig so large files may be off the list.

Try a test video to establish what format works and what doesn't.


Also see if the PC can format the thumb drive to ExFAT and start again.


Al

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Nov 11, 2019 3:52 PM in response to UCanCallMeAl

ExFAT should work, unless his PC is a dinosaur.

I would give FAT 32 a shot. It will work on a wider range of gear.

FAT 32 has a limit of 4 gig so large files may be off the list.

Try a test video to establish what format works and what doesn't.


Also see if the PC can format the thumb drive to ExFAT and start again.


Al

Nov 12, 2019 6:22 AM in response to Alchroma

Yes they were MP4.

Hidef.mp4

H 264

file names ended in .mp4

2 vids about 10 gig each in size.

I guess i'll have them return the thumb and we'll test something else.

It really is a pain getting large files to people. Google Drive often times out or just doesn't work when they are downloading.

I have no trouble uploading however.


Is there another alternative to a thumb that isn't too expensive?

Thanks,

Al

Formatting Thumb drive for PC person

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