From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 3/14/2025 2:47 PM, TJ wrote:   
   > On 2025-03-14 11:47, R.Wieser wrote:   
   >> TJ,   
   >>   
   >>> So far, Windows has made no moves to change anything but the data I've   
   >>> told it to access.   
   >>   
   >> Maybe you've forgotten how Win7 responded to USB sticks that where formatted   
   >> under XP ?   Yep, every time you plugged them into Win7 wanted to "fix"   
   >> them.   
   >>   
   >> Regards,   
   >> Rudy Wieser   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   > Never knew it in the first place. Last Windows I used outside of Vbox was   
   Win2000, many, many moons ago. I don't believe I ever formatted any USB sticks   
   with XP, OR Win7 from Vbox.   
   >   
   > Never wanted to. As for digital camera memory cards from back before I had   
   anything to do with USB sticks, I always let the camera do that.   
   >   
   > TJ   
      
   Windows treats USB sticks with RMB=1, different than sticks   
   with RMB=0.   
      
   RMB is the Removable Media Bit. It causes the stick to indicate it   
   has removable media, in windows Disk Management.   
      
   A Windows partition may need examination, if the file system   
   version is different. The current NTFS is version 3.1 . But it has not   
   always been version 3.1 . It is stubbornly version 3.1, despite major   
   changes having been made to it. For example, in windows 11, you can   
   format a partition and use a cluster size of 1MB per cluster.   
   This size is not supported in older OSes (Windows 7 would not mount   
   such a partition). Yet the claim exists, that both OSes are "NTFS 3.1",   
   which is not apparent to me, when Windows 11 allows larger cluster sizes   
   not supported elsewhere.   
      
   EXT4 is not a "manifest constant" either. Currently, a 2024 or 2025   
   LiveDvD, may format a partition as EXT4 and turn on feature C12. This   
   partition may not be compatible with LM21.3 if such an OS is   
   running in the room.   
      
   While Windows partitions have a Dirty Bit, that is not the   
   only reason that autochk would look carefully at them. There   
   can be other reasons, such as a declaration of what standard   
   it adheres to.   
      
      Paul   
      
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