Question Thumbdrive properties & boot type

[Mac29]

Just a few minor Qs about thumbdrives:

1) Is there anywhere in properties of a usb stick that I can find it's "boot type" - MBR or GPT? I've surfed around and cannot find anything about this.

2) Also, wondering if an application needed more than 1GB on a usb drive to create it's install or emergency media, but then only used 550MB, should I be able to copy those files to a smaller thumbdrive & still have it work? Generally, does that sound feasible?


Thanks,

Mac

 

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If you run the Command prompt, then type in diskpart, then list disk you will see any drives on the system and a * next to any that are GPT. Look at the sizes of each so you can be sure to find the flash drive in question.

Can't see a reason you can't copy to a smaller drive and still use but have not tried it myself. But - smaller than 1GB? Any drive smaller than that might be so old I would second guess trusting it w/ anything important.

 

[Mac29]

Ahh, good to know. I'll use diskpart, and try and find something bigger than 1GB.