SCOUG-HELP Mailing List Archives

<< Previous Message << >> Next Message >>

Date:	Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:01:37 PDT7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Maxtor One Touch

Content Type: text/plain

=====================================================
If you are responding to someone asking for help who
may not be a member of this list, be sure to use the
REPLY TO ALL feature of your email program.
=====================================================

Bob wrote:

> I am thinking of buying a Maxtor One Touch 300gb Firewire/USB2 drive.

I have a competing model external h/d from Seagate, which I use for overflow
storage & larger files like partition images from the desktop & XPC boxes. It is
USB, and I only have USB going right now in W2K, so that is what I access it from.

> Does anyone know what the file system is on these drives?

I think you must mean, 'what is the *default* file system on it ?' (Because you
could certainly *create* partitions on it, having any file system you prefer,
except perhaps for FAT-16, which would have disk location issues.) Don't know for
sure, but my guess is that it must be FAT-32. Whatever the case, it probably has
to stay the way that it is, in order for the One Touch business to keep working.

> What I want to use it for is a back-up device for a few machines so I will need a
> file system that can be
> used by both Windows and OS/2.

There are FAT-32 and NTFS access drivers available for eCS. (I have no experience
with these, as yet.) I think the FAT-32 one may have Wrtie Access, but the NTFS
one *may* not offer this at this time. Can't speak to the safety or reliability of
either. Maybe soneone else on the list can.

Jordan

=====================================================

To unsubscribe from this list, send an email message
to "steward@scoug.com". In the body of the message,
put the command "unsubscribe scoug-help".

For problems, contact the list owner at
"rollin@scoug.com".

=====================================================

Return to [ 18 | June | 2004 ]

SCOUG, Warp Expo West, and Warpfest are trademarks of the Southern California OS/2 User Group. OS/2, Workplace Shell, and IBM are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.