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format external HD for Data

Asked by macice

I Have a 20GB external USB Hard Drive which i would like to configure so that i can save files onto it from both Ubuntu and Windows. at present i can read data from the drive bit can write any to it with Ubuntu.

Any help would be great.

I'm running Feisty Desktop under Virtual Box 1.4.0

Cheers,

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Mathias Uebelacker (muebelacker) said : 		#1

Hello,

i formated an old extern Siemens Storagebird under Windows XP in FAT32 and use this drive on both OS for reading and writing data.

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Mathias

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Best williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#2

You can install gparted to format the drive. I recommend using FAT32 as it is the most compatible file system for use under both Linux and Windows. Once installed you will find it in the menu System>Administration>GNOME partition editor.

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Williamts99

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macice (neall-mclaren) said : 		#3

Thanks williamts99, that solved my question.