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<blockquote data-quote="mrplow" data-source="post: 635610" data-attributes="member: 38928"><p>Well it looks like a toss of the coin then...... lifeisabeach raises some good points about FAT32 issues as far as physical integrity is concerned. NTFS is far more robust. You do need to be mindful about ejecting the drive correctly with FAT32 disks etc. But I'd say that's something you should do with any re-writable storage medium regardless of file system. FAT32 also can't store files >4gb.</p><p></p><p>However, having fallen victim to Paragon NTFS corrupting countless files I wouldn't endorse that myself. Others seem to swear by it but it was unreliable for me. Haven't tried the freebie solution. </p><p></p><p>I use a 500gb disk for the same purpose as you - half FAT32 for storage, half for Time Machine. Not had a single problem for the past 6 months and counting. Hence my original post</p><p></p><p>But..... If you're after the benefits that NTFS offers and are happy install and trust 3rd party drivers in OS X then that's the way to go as lifeisabeach suggests. </p><p></p><p>I would offer that you don't need to sit around waiting for your time machine partition to be formatted with NTFS just to format it again with HFS+ though. Just create 2 partitions and format the one you want to use for storage as NTFS and then plug into the mac and have time machine prepare the second partition. </p><p></p><p>mrplow</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrplow, post: 635610, member: 38928"] Well it looks like a toss of the coin then...... lifeisabeach raises some good points about FAT32 issues as far as physical integrity is concerned. NTFS is far more robust. You do need to be mindful about ejecting the drive correctly with FAT32 disks etc. But I'd say that's something you should do with any re-writable storage medium regardless of file system. FAT32 also can't store files >4gb. However, having fallen victim to Paragon NTFS corrupting countless files I wouldn't endorse that myself. Others seem to swear by it but it was unreliable for me. Haven't tried the freebie solution. I use a 500gb disk for the same purpose as you - half FAT32 for storage, half for Time Machine. Not had a single problem for the past 6 months and counting. Hence my original post But..... If you're after the benefits that NTFS offers and are happy install and trust 3rd party drivers in OS X then that's the way to go as lifeisabeach suggests. I would offer that you don't need to sit around waiting for your time machine partition to be formatted with NTFS just to format it again with HFS+ though. Just create 2 partitions and format the one you want to use for storage as NTFS and then plug into the mac and have time machine prepare the second partition. mrplow [/QUOTE]
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