Why are usb flash drives not NTFS formattable?

Hi I have a few usb2 flash drives. Is there a reason they seem to not format it in NTFS? I can only select FAT32. I have maybe more old stock... Win XP Home SP3 and Vista Home Premium 64 - bit SP2.

I have:

-Lexar JumpDrive VE: 8 GB - reading 12 MBs, write 3 MBs

-Sony Micro Vault Click (USM16GL): 16 GB - reading 18 MBs, writing 5 MBs

-Patriot Memory bolt-

PSF32GBTUSB: 32 GB - read 30 MBs, write 12 MBs

Are SSD drives in the same way? I thought that SSDS have been NTSF.

Thank you.

First of all, the format is NTFS, not NTFS.  Secondly, it should be no reason why you shouldn't be able to format as NTFS drives - I just grabbed one of mine to random (8 GB PNY) and was able to format to NTFS.  You may need to use disk management to remove existing partitions first.

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Hi I have a few usb2 flash drives. Is there a reason they seem to not format it in NTFS? I can only select FAT32. I have maybe more old stock... Win XP Home SP3 and Vista Home Premium 64 - bit SP2.

I have:-Lexar JumpDrive VE: 8 GB - reading 12 MBs, write 3 MBs

-Sony Micro Vault Click (USM16GL): 16 Gb - read 18 MBs, writing 5 MBs - Patriot Memory bolt-

PSF32GBTUSB: 32 GB - read 30 MBs, write 12 MBs

Are SSD drives in the same way? I thought that SSDS have been NTSF.

Thank you.

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