Ext drive format

ajm · 12 Dec 2006 at 09:56

When you use an external drive ie.laptop drive in case for use as an extension for my dvd recorder.Does it need to be formatted in any certain way (Fat/Fat32/Ntfs) and if so can this be changed from ntfs to fat or vice versa if my machine doesn't pick it up?

ajm · 13 Dec 2006 at 11:05

Thank for the info. At the moment i am using a usb pen which is using FAT and my recorder reads from this ok.My portable harddrive i am wanting to use is 80gig Samsung laptop drive.If i format this using NTFS in windows and my recirder won't read it,could i format it again using FAT or FAT32?

ajm · 13 Dec 2006 at 15:50

So looks like it will have to be formatted as FAT32,hope this will work with my recorder.I have never used partition magic before even though i have the software (Got it given a while back).Is it easy to use?

ajm · 17 Dec 2006 at 11:14

partition magic Is it easy to use?

ajm · 17 Dec 2006 at 11:30

Thanks,is it a program that has to be installed to use it or does it run from disc?

ajm · 18 Dec 2006 at 16:04

Thanks i will give it a look when i get my 2.5 drive caddie

ajm · 20 Dec 2006 at 14:18

I have been investigating XP and apparently it can format in FAT32,i will check this out when i get my caddie.

ajm · 20 Dec 2006 at 14:27

Thanks for the tip.Does that mean if i split the drive into 2 partitions and then format one using FAT32 and the other using NTFS?

ajm · 22 Dec 2006 at 10:33

Ok thanks Stewart i will maybe give that a go.