USB Flash Drive can be formatted either as 'Removable Storage' or as a 'Local Disk'.
At Gitratech we format Flash Drives as 'Removable
Storage' by default, unless you supply us data which needs to Autorun in which
case we format the drives as 'Local Disk'.
Advantage of Removable Storage:
Some network administrators may want to control
use of USB Flash Drives on their internal Network. This can sometimes be easier
to administrate if the Flash Drives appear as removable storage.
Removable Storage does not support Autorun however it's the generally accepted
industry standard formatting for USB drives.
Advantage of Local Disk:
Local Disks can support AutoRun.
Summary Table:
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Removable Storage |
Local Disk |
Universal Disk Format (CDROM) |
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Default Formatting |
√ |
|
|
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Formatting when you request a data
preload to 'Auto Run' |
|
√ |
|
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Formatting when you request 'File
Lock' (e.g. Drive with 2 partitions) |
√ (User Partition) |
|
√ (Locked partition) |
