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  • #1

    What in the Net were they thinking?

    (btw, props for the reference)

    GAH! Sometimes I hate technology. (well, often times, but that's besides the point)

    I ordered an external HDD from NCIX on one of their sales (this one to be specific) And it's a nice little 500GB drive, which is enough for my needs.

    So I'm transferring the files from my old one (a 320GB that I had split for two purposes) to the new one and with it nearly complete, I find out some of my steam game(been backing them up since the ISPs up here decided to enforce transfer caps) backups aren't transferring. After a couple of attempts and verifying that the files are good, I check the drive software side and find out it's in FAT32 format.

    Wait, what? FAT32 on a 500GB hard drive?

    Yup, it turns out that the reason why the files wouldn't transfer is because they are in DVD capacity (4.32GB), which is roughly 2GB over the maximum on a single file that FAT32 can accommodate. Cue massive amounts of head banging.

    So now I have to transfer all the files I already put on it (which was most of them), reformat the HDD to NTFS (which is what SHOULD have been IMHO), and transfer all the files back.

    I AM the evil bastard!
    A+ Certified IT Technician
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    What were they thinking? That's easy: They were thinking of being able to put on the box: No drivers needed! Compatible with Windows 98SE, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac OSX, and Linux!

    All of those operating systems handle USB drives and FAT32 out of the box. OSX and Linux require addons to handle NTFS. Especially in light of how popular OSX has become lately, that matters.

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    • #3
      They could have done worse and formatted it with exFAT. Then it would only work on Windows 7 and updated Vista machines (and who needs Windows Updates? )

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      • #4
        You should be able to convert fat to ntfs without removing files using the convert command.



        http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb456984.aspx
        Not y3k compatible

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        • #5
          Quoth Pedersen View Post
          All of those operating systems handle USB drives and FAT32 out of the box. OSX and Linux require addons to handle NTFS. Especially in light of how popular OSX has become lately, that matters.
          ntfs-3g has been a standard component of most distros for a long time now. Apple deserves all the blame here.

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