Re: File system for external hard drive?

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Subject	Re: File system for external hard drive?
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Date	2011-05-15 23:54 +0200
From	"JP Loken" <jp_lokennospam@hotmailnospam.com>
Message-ID	<op.vvjlsi17rnlsus@localhost.localdomain> (permalink)

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På Sat, 14 May 2011 21:18:30 +0200, skrev Rui Maciel  
<rui.maciel@gmail.com>:

> Recently I've faced the need to store in an external HD files which are
> over 4GB.  As I've been using vfat for the external HD's file system,  
> this
> turned into a problem.  I could simply reformat the external HD with ext2
> or ext3 but as I need to access files in windows that also tends to be a
> problem.

I have so far never met any problem with my NTFS External HD.

However, there is a free file system driver for Windows that enables you  
to work with Ext2 and Ext3 here:
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/extbrowser/
Quote\
Key Features:
- Easy to install
- Fast and transparent access to Ext2FS/Ext3FS under Windows®,
- Special unmapped folder in My Computer (Explorer) to open ExtFS  
partitions, where you can read, write, modify, create, delete files and  
folders under Windows.
- Better stability with less risk to your system because there is no need  
to install a separate kernel mode driver.
\Unquote
I haven't tried it myself yet. But another file system driver from that  
company, "NTFS for Win98", has been stable and is performing as promised.
<snip>

-- 
JP Loken
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File system for external hard drive? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-05-14 20:18 +0100
  Re: File system for external hard drive? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-05-14 14:43 -0500
    Re: File system for external hard drive? philo <philo@invalid.not> - 2011-05-14 19:20 -0500
      Re: File system for external hard drive? "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2011-05-14 22:29 -0400
        Re: File system for external hard drive? Mike S <mscir@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-14 20:46 -0700
          Re: File system for external hard drive? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-05-15 10:44 +0000
            Re: File system for external hard drive? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-15 14:45 +0100
  Re: File system for external hard drive? "JP Loken" <jp_lokennospam@hotmailnospam.com> - 2011-05-15 23:54 +0200

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