udisk format

[Bryan Kelly]

i am going (to try) to use a sata hard drive i put in a external case as a Udisk, but my win10 will only let me format as exFat no option for fat32,,,so the question is, has anyone used exfat as a format for a udisk or is fat32 it ? thx in advance...

[Pete Cyr]

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Did you read this response to your original post?

[Bryan Kelly]

yes,,explained file type to save etc,,but I wasnt sure if had to format as fat32 or if format to exfat as win10 will only do for me..will work and be recognized by controller..sorry if a double post, but this post was meant as a format question more than file type/storage..sorry ..please move or delete post if needed..

[Pete Cyr]

There is no unique formatting for an external hard drive to save a RLD or RD file.
But if you save the RDL file you can edit later - you can not edit a RD file.

Buy a solid state 1 TB usb drive and plug it into you computer and you can save to it without any issue.
I do not know if you were to use a solid state usb hard drive instead of a usb thumb drive to transfer files to you laser from the computer if your laser would read it.

[Bryan Kelly]

oh ok..thanks...i am going to try in when new laser gets here..suppose to be on a slow boat from china, literally, departs next Wednesday, so 3-5 weeks i figure..lol..i will see if format as exfat, then see if plug into udisc port, put a file on it then, put back on and see if controller reads it, if so, it will be my giant thumb drive..lol..easier to just get a cpl thumb drives but wanted to see if find use for an old desktops hard drive,if not i will use like you mention, as a actual external hard drive and store etc files anyway.and good to know the RDL-RD differences