How do you read USB stick to the parallels Windows

[galaksy]

http://download.parallels.com/desktop/v6/docs/en/Parallels_Desktop_Users_Guide/22374.htm


I chose Windows 7 when I plugged in the USB stick but it's still not showing on the left side of the folder.

 

[laurihoefs]

http://download.parallels.com/desktop/v6/docs/en/Parallels_Desktop_Users_Guide/22374.htm


I chose Windows 7 when I plugged in the USB stick but it's still not showing on the left side of the folder.

Is the stick formatted to a Windows compatible files system, eg. exFAT or FAT32?

 

[galaksy]

Is the stick formatted to a Windows compatible files system, eg. exFAT or FAT32?

No. How do you format it using Mac?

 

[Freyqq]

No. How do you format it using Mac?

Run Disk Utility

 

[laurihoefs]

Run Disk Utility

That.

Or, in the Windows VM: click Start Menu -> right click Computer -> click Manage

When Computer Management has loaded, select Disk Management from the left pane (should be second from the bottom). On the bottom half of the window you should see a graphical representation of the partitions. Right click the partition you want to format, click Format, etc.

Disk Management is the Windows equivalent of OS X Disk Utility, use whichever you find easier to use.

 

[galaksy]

Is the stick formatted to a Windows compatible files system, eg. exFAT or FAT32?

Which one is better?

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To format it, do you have to go to Erase, choose ExFat, and click Erase?

 

[laurihoefs]

Which one is better?

It depends.

FAT32 is supported practically everywhere, but has a file size limit of 4GB.
exFAT does not have that limitation, but might not be supported with some devices (DVRs, TVs, Macs with OS X older than 10.6.5, etc).

To format it, do you have to go to Erase, choose ExFat, and click Erase?

Most likely. Depends what are you erasing it with.