Here I'm providing some screenshots for enabling NTFS file system on the USB drive:
1. First of all insert your USB drive. Now right click the computer and select manage (Computer management) or run(windows key +r) "compmgmt.msc":
PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.