"Checking Disk" takes ages. Quicker with a Flash Drive?

[Ultramon]

check disk never takes long, it's the scanning for games that takes about 4 minutes, I hope they fix this issue with the new update thats coming.

Ha yeah, that's true. "Check Disk" is quite quick, and the app scan is what takes so long.

[doki]

But all-in-all.. glad that the OUYA team has given the ability to use external devices (disc, SD, Flash, HDD, etc).
It's cool too, that our OUYAs get updates. (Think Cromebooks??,ha).
Keep the updates rollin'.

Absolutely! :-) The updates have made a huge difference, especially the storage one! You're right, It gets better every time! :-)

[Schizophretard]

check disk never takes long, it's the scanning for games that takes about 4 minutes, I hope they fix this issue with the new update thats coming.

It can take as long as a half hour for the games/apps to scan for me but that is because I download all of DISCOVER. Thank OUYA for sleep mode.

[Paul Laimal-Convoy]

My terrabye HD takes forever and a day to be checked. In the previous version of the ouya "os", I could press "O" on my PS3 pad and bypass the message and just carry on. The latest upgrade to the OS f"fixed" that so I cannot ignore the message any more.

If I remember rightly, the Ouya team knows about this bug and is working to resolve it.

I just turn it on and go and make a cup of tea or use my smartphone for games and stuff. Then I usually forget that my Ouya is on (but eventually get around to either using it or turning it off and going back to my phone).

[Candy Cab]

I have about 60 gigs on a 64gig flash drive and the same data on an internal 2tb drive via a Thermaltake USB dock.
From a powered down state they seem to take about the same amount of time to completely boot, probably 4 or 5 minutes, never actually timed them.

[Welz]

Hi Folks, hopefully you can help... just got my Ouya today, I tried a USB flash drive and the Ouya didnt recognise it at all. The drive was plugged directly into the USB port on the Ouya. Its a 64GB Kingston DT Micro. Any ideas?

1) I can see a few comments here about using flash drives successfully, are you plugging them in directly to the Ouya, or using a powered USB Hub?
2) Is a powered USB (Hub or Drive) the only way to use flash drives at the moment? If so, do Ouya plan to fix this? Any ideas when?

Bit gutted, as my flash drive was to be my Roms storage place

[undftdroar]

is it a new flash drive?

try formating it with this tool instead of the default windows tool.

http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk...-10974082.html

[Welz]

@ undftdroar

Yes it is new out the box today, I've only added a couple of folders / roms via a Windows 7 PC so far. Im downloading that HP formating tool now. Should i stick with the drives current Format of FAT32 or use something else?

[undftdroar]

try ntfs.

[mmartino]

Flash drives should not need external power but hubs and hard drives could and probably will. You have to remember that PC's usually allocate 500mA to each USB port... chances are the Ouya cannot even come close to supplying that.

Currently the USB functioning is in Beta so compatibility issues do happen. I would report the issue including make and model of the drive to Ouya and then try the format utility undftdroar suggested. Windows is horrible with formatting drives!