NTFS or FAT32 for my USB drive?

[chris001]

ok.
i've read some articles but i'm still confused...
from what i read, i think i'm going with NTFS, it's more stable and has better security?

but i can recall that if you use the USB on a MAC, it's better to use FAT32???

this is a problem because i have both MAC's and PC's. So which format will be better from exchanging files between the two?

Thanks/

 

[Eidorian]

FAT32 for easy file exchange between platforms.

 

[emt1]

Macs don't write to NTFS drives without additional software... so that should answer your question.

 

[chris001]

FAT32 for easy file exchange between platforms.

Macs don't write to NTFS drives without additional software... so that should answer your question.

...crap. i just formatted to NTFS.
Well i guess i'll change it to FAT32!!! Thanks guys.

 

[Scottsdale]

Yes, I have had this problem... If you do NTFS, you will get read only access. So, go with the Fat and lose the file security of NTFS. Don't know that it matters on a non OS drive.

Good luck.

 

[KítscheñÇinqµe]

tried a little googling, but nothing definitive shows quickly: http://www.google.com/search?q="fir...ernal+drive"+"journaling+on"+|+journaled+NTFS

i'd think best chances are an external ntfs connected to an xp. Then share the external's folder(s) through LAN, for the mac. but you still wouldn't get mac to write to the external. so save files to temp folder on mac, then occasionally drag to the external? (or schedule a script to copy temp folder to external?)

 

[chris001]

tried a little googling, but nothing definitive shows quickly: http://www.google.com/search?q="fir...ernal+drive"+"journaling+on"+|+journaled+NTFS

i'd think best chances are an external ntfs connected to an xp. Then share the external's folder(s) through LAN, for the mac. but you still wouldn't get mac to write to the external. so save files to temp folder on mac, then occasionally drag to the external? (or schedule a script to copy temp folder to external?)

uhh.. lol? so why would i use the NTSF. i use the USB with both my mac and PC. your way seems very complicated for something that shouldn't be complicated.

 

[QUiKSR20]

uhh.. lol? so why would i use the NTSF. i use the USB with both my mac and PC. your way seems very complicated for something that shouldn't be complicated.

If you are going to attach it to the PC and share it NTFS should be fine as I can write to
my Dell PC from my MAC without problems over the network.

My drives on my Vista machine are NTFS and I can Read / Write / Delete etc without problems.

 

[i.shaun]

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