Why BackTrack3 Stored in USB Can Not Save Changes? What is the Theory Behind it?


 
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Why BackTrack3 Stored in USB Can Not Save Changes? What is the Theory Behind it?

I have a 16 GB Flash Drive. I changed the settings & set it as local disk, so my Vista recognizes it as a local disk, not removable disk.

After that, i deleted the whole partition & then i made new partitions. I chose 9 GB to be in FAT32 format & 7 GB will be in ex2 format to save future changing in BT3.

Questions:

1. Why backtrack in FAT32 format can not save changes even though there are a lot of space?
2. How backtrack in FAT32 is related to EX2 partition?
3. Windows does not recognize EX2 partition, does this mean when i plug my USB on machine with Win OS, all my changes in backtrack will not appear?
3. Windows has only two partition formats FAT & NTFS - As far as i know. How many formats Linux have, what are they? and what is the role of each format?
4. What partition formats are called file system?

I'm new towards these stuff, i hope you can clarify to me in an easy & simple way.
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u3-tool(1)						      General Commands Manual							u3-tool(1)

NAME
u3-tool - Tool for controlling the special features of an U3 USB Flash disk. SYNOPSIS
u3-tool [-cdDehiRuvV] [-l cd image ] [-p cd size ] device DESCRIPTION
This tool can be used to control some of the special features of U3 Flash disks. OPTIONS
-c Change current password. -d Disable device security leaving the data intact. The current password is required to perform this command. WARNING: this makes all current data files AND possibly also deleted data public. -D Dump all raw info(for debug) -e Enable device security, protecting all files currently on the data partition using a password. -h Print a short help message. -i Display device information. -l <cd image> Load a new CD image into the cd partition of the device. Make sure the cd partition is big enough to contain the file. Else you'll have to repartition the device using the '-p' option. -p <cd size> Repartition device, reassinging the device space between the cd and data partition. The argument specifies the size of the CD parti- tion. The rest of the device will be assigned to the data partition. The data partition needs reformating after this command has been issued. -R Reset device security destroying private data. This can be used if the device is blocked or the password is lost. -u Unlock secured data partition. This requires the current password. -v Use verbose output -V Print version information u3-tool(1)