Steve R. |
11-17-2013 08:50 AM |
Which File System for External USB Hard Drive - NTFS or EXT4?
I have an external 2TB USB hard drive that is attached to a home LAN router, which is used to store file back-ups and for media files that can be accessed by any computer.
It appears that that the existing NTFS file system is corrupted, so I started the re-format process, which I see will take 14 hours to complete! (I am using the erase option). Anyway, while "watching the grass grow"; it occurred to me that it might really be a better idea to simply re-format the drive as EXT4.
All the computers are running Linux (Ubuntu) anyway, so there is a minimal need for a NTFS formated drive. Any downside? Your thoughts?
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