im sorry if im not clear.
1. i copy my files to 1tb device.
2. i play my movies on my DVD player via usb device using my 1tb device at fat32 format and everything is ok. im using it for 1 mo. now.
3. i plug the 1tb device on my destop computer and convert it to ntfs format.
4. i checked the files inside the 1 tb device and everything is ok.(all files are inside)
5. i try to play my 1tb device on my dvd player via usb port and the files cant be read.
You can also create large FAT32 partitions easily with gparted - it's really the most useful partitioning tool I've ever used and it's free.
BTW - don't forget guys that there is the "convert" command in Windows to change a FAT32 drive to NTFS. It's a non-destructive process but only works one way.
i finally got the answer in western digital website.
yes. it can be formatted to fat32 by downloading a small program from their site.
thanks.
jobeard's 3 posts said:Windows XP can not format fat32 beyond 32 gb -- you need another system to do that.
However, Fat32 over a 1 TB filesystem will have HUGE cluster sizes and waste most of the space. NTFS is a much better choice.
What's the issue with accessing the device in NTFS?
let me get this straight ... this is the sequence you used?
1- copy files to the 1TB device
2- alter to NTFS
and now you "don't have access"?
Apparently it is not obvious to you but sadly, (2) wipes out everything on the device
and thus anything that was on it is now GONE
Sorry, the files were lost when you formatted as NTFS. Step (4) was not possible if step (3) was successful.
It was most likely that you had the window open from step(2) and did not refresh the view after completing step (3).
adadani said:I used this utility on my 1TB external HD but it gives me an error.
"Error: Drive size is too small or not supported! (WD10EAVS-00D7B0)"
Did anyone else run into this issue?
That was uncalled for and untrue. Do you make a habit of joining forums simply to tell reputable, long standing members that they are *****s?jobeard, you are not only wrong, but your as thick as brick as well.
your crappy answers and failure to recognize that this particular issue was outside of your scope of expertise, not only makes you look dumb, but it also slowed down the entire proccess of solving this problem.
thank god dangeon solved his own problem and was kind enough to post his answer, because if we had to rely on you, we wouldn't have anything but a bunch of ntfs drives that are only usable in windows xp or vista,
you cant write to them on mac, and you cant even access them through things like xbox 360's ps3's or wii's, so yea great job jobeard you should have just stayed in the kiddie pool on this one.
so i guess you never heard of: convert X: /ntfs
Don't sweat the little stuff -- after 7360+ posts, there bound to be a few that have issues with me.That was uncalled for and untrue. Do you make a habit of joining forums simply to tell reputable, long standing members that they are *****s?
Unfortunately I don't think that is true. It can read it, but I don't believe it can write. Leopard can't even write to NTFS on its own. But with MacFUSE and NTFS-3g it will. Useful for setups running BootCamp and Windows, although you lose your ability to see the Windows partition in the Startup Disk control panel, so you have to rely on holding down the command key on boot to choose Windows.10.4 can R/W NTFS natively
And that's why you use the /q switch to do a quick format, but he didn't want to lose his data.It will take some time.. Well over 7 hours..