> > The stick will be used in MSWindows mainly. > > In that case, I'd play safe and format it in Windows. > >
Ah booo! You're formatting it anyway, so there's no data to lose, and I can't imagine you'd break it by trying to format it. Try it in Linux first and let us know how it goes. I never formatted a USB stick before, and it might be neat. You can always point-and-click to format it in Windows I'm sure. Regards, daid