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27-04-08, 11:00 PM
Okay...so I was using macfuse and NTFS-3g and it was working awesome on my macbook pro but then i plugged it into my PC, and when I plugged it back into my mac, it became "read only" again, and no matter what I did, it wouldn't work again. I did disk check, etc.
So eventually I caved, invested the 40, and bought paragon NTFS. It appeared to be working (it said it could read and write) but then when I tried to transfer files from my mac HD into itunes (my library is stored on my external HD so the files attempted to transfer to it) and it failed everytime. I tried copying files from finder onto the drive, and those wouldn't transfer either.
So next I figured if I backed up the files on the HD, and then reformatted and reinstalled, it might work. Well while trying to backup my files, it created a bunch of corrupt files, and all 12 thousand and 5 thousand pictures are completely gone off the external HD!!!!!
I do have them backed up through time machine on another HD...so here are the questions
1. If I reformat the external HD to the mac format(HFS+ i think?), will I be able to get my files from time machine, and put them back onto the HD, even though it isnt NTFS format anymore? Or do I need to format it to NTFS again, and then install paragon or macfuse with ntfs-3g????
2. Is paragon not as stable as they make it sound?? Obviously so far it has givin me nothing but problems...
3. Is this my only solution?? I think in the end I will end up keeping it in mac format, even though preferably I would want it to be cross platform with my pcs...that is somewhat of a problem.
4. if I do need to use my HFS+ formated drive on a pc...can I keep the installiation file on a flash drive, install it on a friends computer, then read/write to my HD?? Or is that unstable??
5. This seems like nothing but trouble so far....although I would want my files to go from mac to pc (I like having the flexability and if I have files to take or trade with friends on PC, this is obviouslly the easiest thing), but at the end of the day, I want my files to be as safe as possible.
Please help!!
So eventually I caved, invested the 40, and bought paragon NTFS. It appeared to be working (it said it could read and write) but then when I tried to transfer files from my mac HD into itunes (my library is stored on my external HD so the files attempted to transfer to it) and it failed everytime. I tried copying files from finder onto the drive, and those wouldn't transfer either.
So next I figured if I backed up the files on the HD, and then reformatted and reinstalled, it might work. Well while trying to backup my files, it created a bunch of corrupt files, and all 12 thousand and 5 thousand pictures are completely gone off the external HD!!!!!
I do have them backed up through time machine on another HD...so here are the questions
1. If I reformat the external HD to the mac format(HFS+ i think?), will I be able to get my files from time machine, and put them back onto the HD, even though it isnt NTFS format anymore? Or do I need to format it to NTFS again, and then install paragon or macfuse with ntfs-3g????
2. Is paragon not as stable as they make it sound?? Obviously so far it has givin me nothing but problems...
3. Is this my only solution?? I think in the end I will end up keeping it in mac format, even though preferably I would want it to be cross platform with my pcs...that is somewhat of a problem.
4. if I do need to use my HFS+ formated drive on a pc...can I keep the installiation file on a flash drive, install it on a friends computer, then read/write to my HD?? Or is that unstable??
5. This seems like nothing but trouble so far....although I would want my files to go from mac to pc (I like having the flexability and if I have files to take or trade with friends on PC, this is obviouslly the easiest thing), but at the end of the day, I want my files to be as safe as possible.
Please help!!