A Network HDD is FAT32, but could it be changed to NTFS?

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skateforjondoe

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A Network HDD is FAT32, but could it be changed to NTFS?
I am going to put together a network drive. I will be buying a network drive enclosure for 50 dollars and a 300GB HDD for 100 dollars. But they'res a slight problem. Fat32 has a limit of 4GB max file size...and that sucks...could i change it to NTFS to allow higher file sizes?

Is there any way???

ANY help is appreciated :)
 
dragon2309

dragon2309

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well yeh you can format as said there, but really, when the hell are you gonna have a SINGLE FILE that is over 4Gb....
 
lee101

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dragon2309 said:
well yeh you can format as said there, but really, when the hell are you gonna have a SINGLE FILE that is over 4Gb....
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raw avi video from video camera??

and yes, you should be able to format it

Lee :D
 
dragon2309

dragon2309

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raw avi video from video camera??
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well yeh, but why would you be streaming that much data across the network, thats a bit silly isnt it.... if you wanted to do that you should do it on a local harddrive (which would most prob be in NTFS)
 
lee101

lee101

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dragon2309 said:
well yeh, but why would you be streaming that much data across the network, thats a bit silly isnt it.... if you wanted to do that you should do it on a local harddrive (which would most prob be in NTFS)
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yeh, i suppose, but you could just keep it on there for storage, and a few iso files are over 4 gig, like linux distros

Lee :)
 
dragon2309

dragon2309

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this is almost breaking forum rules, depending on what Ku-Sama is planning on doing with this ISO, anyway, BACK ON TOPIC before a mod gets hear.
 
Ku-sama

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uhm, not cracking the game, then useing 15 virtual drives to play Generals, Farcry, FEAR, Diablo 2, Diablo 1, Warcraft 3, CoD, and alot more :p and yeah, its an easy format, theres alot of ways to do it, try googling it
 
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ZER0X

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To Convert FAT32 to NTFS just goto command prompt and type this...
"C:\> CONVERT C: /fs:ntfs"

C is the drive you want to convert
 
The_Other_One

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The problem you guys don't understand, this harddrive RUNS as a FAT32 device. That's just how the hardware works. YOu can format it to be NTFS, but you will loose the network drive capabilities...
 
dragon2309

dragon2309

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The_Other_One said:
The problem you guys don't understand, this harddrive RUNS as a FAT32 device. That's just how the hardware works. YOu can format it to be NTFS, but you will loose the network drive capabilities...
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ah, never thought of it like that, is this just on the cheap moels or on all Network Storage drives. I would have thought NTFS would be an industry standard by now

dave
 
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