Author: Clive Woodfine Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] USB hard drive problem.
> Hi Clive, >
> I would say for large file support, NTFS would possible be the only option
> from a Windows 7 point of view, NTFS support in Linux these days seems very
> good.
>
> I have a dual boot Windows / Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu has no problems with
> seeing the Windows drives and reading/writing to them, although they are
> internal drives but I guess this shouldn't make to much difference.
>
> However as it is a USB drive I seem recall that within Windows (at least)
> you should always use the eject routine with NTFS, I believe that just
> pulling the cable can cause problems on NTFS.
>
> Another option would be to use an application on Windows to read EXT3, I
> know there are some but dont know how reliable they are.
>
> However some other people on the list may have better solutions.
>
> Rgds
>
> Peter.
> Thanks Peter. I will probably reformat the drive with ext3 after I
have put the data on it elsewhere. I have stopped using Windows but my
wife uses Windows 7. It is very rarely I'll need to use the USB hdd on
her machine if ever.
