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Apple Computing Products:
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Folders wiped on an external HDD
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1871574" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Do not attempt to convert NTFS to FAT or exFAT as that requires writing on the drive which may result in data loss from overwriting.</p><p></p><p>Actually, choosing NTFS over FAT or exFAT was a good choice as NTFS is a journaled file system whereas FAT or exFAT is not. Besides that, NTFS uses 4K clusters which allows better use of available space on the drive.</p><p></p><p>It appears that you do have backups for your data which is good. Better to have to reorganize everything again than to lose it permanently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1871574, member: 46727"] Do not attempt to convert NTFS to FAT or exFAT as that requires writing on the drive which may result in data loss from overwriting. Actually, choosing NTFS over FAT or exFAT was a good choice as NTFS is a journaled file system whereas FAT or exFAT is not. Besides that, NTFS uses 4K clusters which allows better use of available space on the drive. It appears that you do have backups for your data which is good. Better to have to reorganize everything again than to lose it permanently. [/QUOTE]
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