Windows may not recognize the MacOS Extended or Standard file system. To resolve, format the drive in MacOS DOS so that it can be used in both environments.
WARNING: Formatting will erase all of the data on the DataTraveler. Back up your data before proceeding.
- Insert the DataTraveler into the Mac OS X machine and wait for it to mount.
- Click on the "GO" option on the menu bar.
- Double-click on Utilities (If you do not see Utilities, double-click on Applications and then double-click on the Utilities folder.)
- Double-click on the Disk Utility icon.
- On the Disk Utility Dialog box, click once on the Kingston DataTraveler active partition. Note: There will be two listings for the DataTraveler, the first one is the active partition and the second is the volume label.
- Click the erase tab located on the right side of the screen.
- Using the Volume Format drop-down, select "MS-DOS File System" from the list.
- Click Erase.
Be aware MacOS 10.6.5 will support full read and write access to exFAT formatted drives. So formatting the drive using exFAT file system may also resolve this problem. MacOS still has read only access to NTFS formatted drives.
Some devices (MP3 players, digital photo frames, etc) will not read NTFS or exFAT file systems.
Also Windows XP and Vista will require an update in order to access exFAT.
FAQ: KDT-010611-GEN-07