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- Formatting question [message #74421] Wed, 18 October 2006 17:39 Go to next message
Phil Aiken is currently offline  Phil Aiken
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Couldn't find anything this specific in the archives....

I need to format a new Seagate SATA internal drive for audio files on Win
XP.
What is the current preferred method?
- Re: Formatting question [message #74422 is a reply to message #74421] Wed, 18 October 2006 19:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Carl Amburn is currently offline  Carl Amburn   UNITED STATES
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I'm just going on memory here, but I'm pretty sure that everyone was using
NTFS on XP operating system drives.

-Carl

"Phil Aiken" <Phil@his.email> wrote in message news:4536c959$1@linux...
>
> Couldn't find anything this specific in the archives....
>
> I need to format a new Seagate SATA internal drive for audio files on Win
> XP.
> What is the current preferred method?
- Re: Formatting question [message #74423 is a reply to message #74421] Wed, 18 October 2006 20:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
AlexPlasko is currently offline  AlexPlasko   UNITED STATES
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ntfs with 64 for block size.
"Phil Aiken" <Phil@his.email> wrote in message news:4536c959$1@linux...
>
> Couldn't find anything this specific in the archives....
>
> I need to format a new Seagate SATA internal drive for audio files on Win
> XP.
> What is the current preferred method?
- Re: Formatting question [message #74425 is a reply to message #74423] Wed, 18 October 2006 20:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Martin Harrington is currently offline  Martin Harrington   AUSTRALIA
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If you use NTFS, you won't be able to use that drive with any other OS than
XP, FAT32 would be my suggestion unless you know you won't be changing OS's
--
Martin Harrington
www.lendanear-sound.com

"alex plasko" <alex.plasko@snet.net> wrote in message
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> ntfs with 64 for block size.
> "Phil Aiken" <Phil@his.email> wrote in message news:4536c959$1@linux...
>>
>> Couldn't find anything this specific in the archives....
>>
>> I need to format a new Seagate SATA internal drive for audio files on Win
>> XP.
>> What is the current preferred method?
>
>
- Re: Formatting question [message #74441 is a reply to message #74425] Thu, 19 October 2006 08:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Chris Ludwig is currently offline  Chris Ludwig   UNITED STATES
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Hi Martin,
NTFS can be read under current OSX, Linux and with some 3rd party app
even under win 98se.

NTFS is more reliable and "faster" than fat 32 and is required some of
the new large sata drives.

Chris


Martin Harrington wrote:
> If you use NTFS, you won't be able to use that drive with any other OS than
> XP, FAT32 would be my suggestion unless you know you won't be changing OS's

--
Chris Ludwig

ADK Pro Audio
(859) 635-5762
www.adkproaudio.com
chrisl@adkproaudio.com
- Re: Formatting question [message #74442 is a reply to message #74421] Thu, 19 October 2006 09:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Chris Ludwig is currently offline  Chris Ludwig   UNITED STATES
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HI Phil,
NTFS.

Here is some info hat can explain all this.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314463
http://ask.support.microsoft.com/kb/100108/

Chris


Phil Aiken wrote:
> Couldn't find anything this specific in the archives....
>
> I need to format a new Seagate SATA internal drive for audio files on Win
> XP.
> What is the current preferred method?

--
Chris Ludwig

ADK Pro Audio
(859) 635-5762
www.adkproaudio.com
chrisl@adkproaudio.com
- Re: Formatting question [message #74445 is a reply to message #74441] Thu, 19 October 2006 11:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
TC is currently offline  TC   CANADA
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NTFS can be read under OSX, but it can't be written to.

FAT 32 can.

Cheers,

TC

Chris Ludwig wrote:
> Hi Martin,
> NTFS can be read under current OSX, Linux and with some 3rd party app
> even under win 98se.
>
> NTFS is more reliable and "faster" than fat 32 and is required some of
> the new large sata drives.
>
> Chris
>
>
> Martin Harrington wrote:
>> If you use NTFS, you won't be able to use that drive with any other OS
>> than XP, FAT32 would be my suggestion unless you know you won't be
>> changing OS's
>
- Re: Formatting question [message #74468 is a reply to message #74445] Thu, 19 October 2006 18:25 Go to previous message
Chris Ludwig is currently offline  Chris Ludwig   UNITED STATES
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HI TC,

There are a couple 3rd party OSX tools that will let you PC "Macdrive"
equivalent type thing. I think upcoming OSX updates will allow for
read/wrote with the boot camp thing getting more popular it would make
sense.


Chris


TC wrote:

>
> NTFS can be read under OSX, but it can't be written to.
>
> FAT 32 can.
>
> Cheers,
>
> TC
>
> Chris Ludwig wrote:
>
>> Hi Martin,
>> NTFS can be read under current OSX, Linux and with some 3rd party app
>> even under win 98se.
>>
>> NTFS is more reliable and "faster" than fat 32 and is required some
>> of the new large sata drives.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> Martin Harrington wrote:
>>
>>> If you use NTFS, you won't be able to use that drive with any other
>>> OS than XP, FAT32 would be my suggestion unless you know you won't
>>> be changing OS's
>>
>>

--
Chris Ludwig
ADK
chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
(859) 635-5762
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