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<blockquote data-quote="Kevriano" data-source="post: 1199250" data-attributes="member: 18605">Hi my friends. Hopefully someone can advise here.I have a1TB Seagate external HD, formatted to Mac OS Extended (not journaled), that I use for MKV and BR movie files, and is usually read by my WDTV media player no problem.Now, I have just upgraded to a Netgear NTV550, and it will not read it at all, and I have been advised it's something to do with the way Disk Uitility formats the drive because it creates an small EFI pertition at the start, which the NTV won't read.Th eodd thing is that I have a flash drive formatted on the same iMac, in the same way, and it reads that??!!Anyway, it's been suggested that I use iPartition to reformat the drive. Now I believe that it can do this without losing any data at all, which I find hard to believe, but want to know if it's true or possible. I have 900GB+ f movie files on there and nowhere that I can back them all up.Given the cost of iPartion I'm tempted to just buy another HD, but I'm still curious as to whether it can do what it claims.Sorry for the long winded post and thanks in advance.BTW, If anyone knows of another, cheaper way, I'm all ears.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kevriano, post: 1199250, member: 18605"] Hi my friends. Hopefully someone can advise here. I have a1TB Seagate external HD, formatted to Mac OS Extended (not journaled), that I use for MKV and BR movie files, and is usually read by my WDTV media player no problem. Now, I have just upgraded to a Netgear NTV550, and it will not read it at all, and I have been advised it's something to do with the way Disk Uitility formats the drive because it creates an small EFI pertition at the start, which the NTV won't read. Th eodd thing is that I have a flash drive formatted on the same iMac, in the same way, and it reads that??!! Anyway, it's been suggested that I use iPartition to reformat the drive. Now I believe that it can do this without losing any data at all, which I find hard to believe, but want to know if it's true or possible. I have 900GB+ f movie files on there and nowhere that I can back them all up. Given the cost of iPartion I'm tempted to just buy another HD, but I'm still curious as to whether it can do what it claims. Sorry for the long winded post and thanks in advance. BTW, If anyone knows of another, cheaper way, I'm all ears. [/QUOTE]

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