My USB flash drive is formatted as FAT32. Is it possible to re-format it as

NTFS and gain from the increased speed of NTFS over FAT32?

 

Is it possible to install and update Norton Internet Security on a USB flash

drive? My objective is to use it to diagnose threats avoiding needing to

temporarily transfer a hard disk to my computer. I am primarily concerned

here with practicalities.

 

Regards.

 

Bill Ridgeway

On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 12:42:35 +0100, Bill Ridgeway wrote:

> My USB flash drive is formatted as FAT32. Is it possible to re-format it as

> NTFS and gain from the increased speed of NTFS over FAT32?

>

> Is it possible to install and update Norton Internet Security on a USB flash

> drive? My objective is to use it to diagnose threats avoiding needing to

> temporarily transfer a hard disk to my computer. I am primarily concerned

> here with practicalities.

>

> Regards.

>

> Bill Ridgeway

 

You can reformat to NTFS but don't expect there to be much difference in

speed for a smaller drive.

 

As far as installing NIS and running it from the flash drive - dunno. Some

products of this type will install and run in this manner but some won't.

The place to find out would be Norton tech support (online documents or

product manual).

 

You may want to check out BartsPE. It is a tool that can boot the system

and provides an interface to diagnose and repair. Various plugins to choose

from that include antivirus and anti-spyware.

 

--

Sharon F

MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

"Bill Ridgeway" <info@1001solutions.co.uk> wrote in message

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> My USB flash drive is formatted as FAT32. Is it possible to re-format it

> as NTFS and gain from the increased speed of NTFS over FAT32?

>

> Is it possible to install and update Norton Internet Security on a USB

> flash drive? My objective is to use it to diagnose threats avoiding

> needing to temporarily transfer a hard disk to my computer. I am

> primarily concerned here with practicalities.

>

 

If you are looking to get antivirus on a stick (flash drive), you have two

options that come to mind, but there may be more:

 

1) Get a U3 enabled flash drive. Avast antivirus makes a U3 edition, and is

relatively inexpensive.

2) Install "Portable Apps" onto any old flash drive you have. This is an

open-source system, similar to U3. The antivirus software with Portable

Apps would be ClamWin, another open-source piece of software.

 

I run both on separate pen drives. Either serves it's purpose well. Major

advantage goes to Portable Apps, as all the software for it is FREE, where

as, MOST of the software for U3 is extra $$.