For any Australian Members

[guns1inger]

If you are looking for large capacity portable storage and are happy to buy on-line in the next 16 hours or so, you may be interested in this : http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/smallfish_info.php?products_id=1565

I TB (1000GB) Verbatim portable USB 2.0 Drives for AUD$189.00 (plus shipping)

[lumis]

OfficeWorks has a 1TB external Western Digital for $199. Saw it in the junk mail earlier this week.

Any idea on what brand of drive is inside the Verbatim (Seagate, Maxtor, IBM, etc.)?

[guns1inger]

Western Digital in mine : WDC WD10 EAVS-00D7B0

[vhelp]

What is the HDD form factor here: FAT32 or NTFS

I have a USB-2, 160g hdd, but its highest factor is FAT32. I think I read somewhere here, that it for USB-2 external hdd's, that this is the highest it is cabable of. I I use these external enclosers for many of my analog and digital capture sessions. And, when I use vdub, (I use it mostly these days) it limits to 4g and stops the capture session afterwards. All this is on my Windows XP which the HDD on it is setup as NTFS.

But, if there is a way to turn my 160g external to NTFS, I'm all ears! Thanks.

-vhelp 4829

[JimmyJoeBob]

From the MS site:


How to convert a FAT volume or a FAT32 volume to NTFS

Note Although the chance of corruption or data loss during the conversion is minimal, we recommend that you perform a backup of the data on the volume that you want to convert before you start the conversion.

To convert an existing FAT or FAT32 volume to NTFS, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
2. At the command prompt, type the following, where drive letter is the drive that you want to convert:
convert drive letter: /fs:ntfs
For example, type the following command to convert drive E to NTFS:
convert e: /fs:ntfs
Note If the operating system is on the drive that you are converting, you will be prompted to schedule the task when you restart the computer because the conversion cannot be completed while the operating system is running. When you are prompted, click YES.
3. When you receive the following message at the command prompt, type the volume label of the drive that you are converting, and then press ENTER:
The type of the file system is FAT.
Enter the current volume label for drive drive letter
4. When the conversion to NTFS is complete, you receive the following message at the command prompt:
Conversion complete
5. Quit the command prompt.

[guns1inger]

Most come formatted at FAT32 simply because they can be plugged directly into any system that way - Windows, OS X or Linux - and be fully functional. If you only need NTFS then you can either format them to NTFS before you use them, or convert them afterwards (See JimmyJoeBob's post above)