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External HDD File Format For HD Recordings
What ext File Format should be used on external HDD to store HD Recordings?
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If you mean a Foxsat-hdr, it needs to be EXT3 for files larger than 4GB.
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If you mean a Foxsat-hdr, it needs to be EXT3 for files larger than 4GB.
Thanks for the info, I'd probably ended up formatting in ext2 or ext4 without knowing. I'm going to try with a spare 32GB Class 10 Micro SD Card in a USB card reader until I can get old of an external enclosure and rip a spare HDD out of the old Desktop PC. Roland |
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Yes that's what I mean.
Thanks for the info, I'd probably ended up formatting in ext2 or ext4 without knowing. I'm going to try with a spare 32GB Class 10 Micro SD Card in a USB card reader until I can get old of an external enclosure and rip a spare HDD out of the old Desktop PC. Roland You can read/write EXT2 and EXT3 on a PC in windows using EXT2FSD. http://www.ext2fsd.com/ |
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Did this the other day as the drive was getting full and I had an underutilised Buffalo Ministation to hand.
I have a netbook running Ubuntu which has a great number of formatting choices including EXT3. It works perfectly and the Foxsat drive is now back to about 65%. The Ministation is plugged in the rear USB port all the time and is small enough to be out of sight. |
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Did this the other day as the drive was getting full and I had an underutilised Buffalo Ministation to hand.
I have a netbook running Ubuntu which has a great number of formatting choices including EXT3. It works perfectly and the Foxsat drive is now back to about 65%. The Ministation is plugged in the rear USB port all the time and is small enough to be out of sight. I've got MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition on my Notebook and it does all the basic file formats Fat/Fat 32, NTFS, EXT 2/3/4 & Linux Swap so the setup of the drive/Flash drive is pretty much taken care of. I just cant decide between a 500GB external drive giving me a 1TB combined storage or a 1TB external drive giving me a combined total storage of 1.5TB. Once out of warranty I might go for a 1TB internal upgrade. Roland |
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