I know it has been discussed heaps of times but it’s getting really dam annoying!!
I formatted a 1tb usb drive in NTFS from research thinking it was the best for what I want as it claims “No realistic file-size or partition size limits” and compatibility very high (which I need as some files are larger than 4gb)
And now I’m running into dramas copy files and folders to the drive as it says “the file names would be to long for the destination folder” and it wont copy so I’m guessing NTFS does have limitations…… limitations on characters.
I could format the drive again but that’s a real hassle as half of the drive is all sorted out.
I have read that you can change the file system without losing your data, I know there’s a chance I’ll loose the date but what’s the safest way to change the file system without losing data?
If anyone has any suggestions that would be greatly appreciated!!!
Cheers
I formatted a 1tb usb drive in NTFS from research thinking it was the best for what I want as it claims “No realistic file-size or partition size limits” and compatibility very high (which I need as some files are larger than 4gb)
And now I’m running into dramas copy files and folders to the drive as it says “the file names would be to long for the destination folder” and it wont copy so I’m guessing NTFS does have limitations…… limitations on characters.
I could format the drive again but that’s a real hassle as half of the drive is all sorted out.
I have read that you can change the file system without losing your data, I know there’s a chance I’ll loose the date but what’s the safest way to change the file system without losing data?
If anyone has any suggestions that would be greatly appreciated!!!
Cheers