USB stick issues???

[darry1322]

Re: USB stick issues???

Not any ordinary floppy. The largest capacity of standard floppies were 1.2MB for 8 inch dual sided dual density and 5.25 inch High Density, 1.44MB for 3.5 inch High Density and 2.88MB for 3.5 inch Extra-high Density.

To get anything larger you have to go to Laser Servo Flopicals (Zip drives) and Superdisks (only one major supplier). Zip drives were briefly popular for data backup until users encountered reliable issues that rendered an entire disk unreadable.

But 4 megabits is equal to about 500 kilobytes. (@ 8 bits per byte)

[slimslob]

Re: USB stick issues???

But 4 megabits is equal to about 500 kilobytes. (@ 8 bits per byte)

Wrong again idiot. 4MB is equal to 4,000 KB.

[darry1322]

Re: USB stick issues???

Wrong again idiot. 4MB is equal to 4,000 KB.

Bits and Bytes are not equal.

Santander was clear he was referring to 4 megabits not 4 mega bytes or 4 gigabytes.

4 megabits is 4 000 000 bits
8 bits to a byte
4 000 000 / 8 = 500 000 bytes or .5 MB

Bit Calculator - Convert between bits/bytes/kilobits/kilobytes/megabits/megabytes/gigabits/gigabytes.

[slimslob]

Re: USB stick issues???

Bits and Bytes are not equal.

Santander was clear he was referring to 4 megabits not 4 mega bytes or 4 gigabytes.

In santander's first post he said 4MB which is Mega Bytes. Mega bits would be Mb and is generally used to denote transmission speed not memory size.

4 megabits is 4 000 000 bits
8 bits to a byte
4 000 000 / 8 = 500 000 bytes or .5 MB

Bit Calculator - Convert between bits/bytes/kilobits/kilobytes/megabits/megabytes/gigabits/gigabytes.

Using the bit calculator that you provided a link to, 4MB = 4096 kilobytes or 4194304 bytes.

[tsbservice]

Re: USB stick issues???

Not necessary folks. OP got plenty of good opinions even in two threads he started.
We ALL can do maths as we are techs, aren't we😂👷

[darry1322]

Re: USB stick issues???

NO, just as I wrote 4 megabits. Most copiers do not have in their firmware the ability to handle the file allocation tables of the larger USB drives, that is why they fail.

In santander's first post he said 4MB which is Mega Bytes. Mega bits would be Mb and is generally used to denote transmission speed not memory size.

Using the bit calculator that you provided a link to, 4MB = 4096 kilobytes or 4194304 bytes.

I directly quoted Santaders post where he clarified "4 megabits" and based my reply on that.

Fact is I know Santander is a great tech and this is just one of those brain fart tings that I was having a bit of fun commenting on.

Calling me stupid was uncalled for in any circumstance here.

You guys can have the place.

[slimslob]

Re: USB stick issues???

I directly quoted Santaders post where he clarified "4 megabits" and based my reply on that.

Fact is I know Santander is a great tech and this is just one of those brain fart tings that I was having a bit of fun commenting on.

Calling me stupid was uncalled for in any circumstance here.

You guys can have the place.

First it was Santandar not Santader. Your stupidity shows in your inability to read the entire thread before you stick you foot up your dark spot. Also that was his second reply where he was correcting davel who thought it should have been 4GB. His first reply is as follows.

Your problem is not the color on the end, it is the size of the USB drive. Find USB drives at 4 MB as we have not had success with using USB drives above that on many manufacturer's machines. They are out there you just need to look. Also how are you formatting the usb drive? FAT32 is a safe bet.