09-18-2016, 10:19 AM
I have Seagate Expansion Portable Drive, 4TB capacity, with USB3.0 connectivity.
It became corrupted and so need to wipe it clean & reformat it. I have already recovered all my files from it.
After reformatting, I want to be able to access files from both LL (mainly) and Windows OS (occasionally), so therefore will use an ntfs file system.
However, I'm unsure if I should use an MSDOS or GPT partition table - which is the best one to use for a drive of this size (4TB).
I'd be grateful if you could advise.
Many thanks
Mike
It became corrupted and so need to wipe it clean & reformat it. I have already recovered all my files from it.
After reformatting, I want to be able to access files from both LL (mainly) and Windows OS (occasionally), so therefore will use an ntfs file system.
However, I'm unsure if I should use an MSDOS or GPT partition table - which is the best one to use for a drive of this size (4TB).
I'd be grateful if you could advise.
Many thanks
Mike
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work