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Nerd/Boffin Technical corner. Page 24
A question for future reference. I don't think the hard drive is in it's original enclosure. Which is fine, because it was done by someone on purpose. I think it's a SATA hard drive. Now the hard drive seems loose, like a can slide it in and out of the connection with little effort. I've tightened the strews firmly, without forcing them. I've also wedge a bit of a pen lid so it doesn't slide (not that I'm planning on giving it the oppourtunity to slide about) But here's my question finally; should I make sure it's a tight connection or would it be best to have the slight slidiness so if I do happen to drop it again it can safely "slide out" instead of snap off.
Wow what a long winded question and with not so secret hidden sexual undertone.
If it's loose and it's dropped it's more likely to shear the screws holding it off. Tight is best.
Oo-er.
Cool. It's a shame we can't work the word "wet" into this.
I could say that I have a big FAT one (TB).
I wish I had a big FAT one. But mine is accidentally NTFS (Not The Fat System) 
I partition. 10gb NTFS (just in case I need it for some reason), 990gb FAT32 (for those big files).
Can Mac's write to NTFS now? I didn't think they could.
Someone else setup the partitions. Split 1tb in two. One half for games, the other for movies n that. I don't have the space to copy all my movies over whilst I format it at the moment. I need it to be FAT32 for certain applications on the Wii.
Yes, you can download a thing from apple.com that adds NTFS to dick disk! utility.
Quote: Leevil @ February 19 2011, 6:38 PM GMTYes, you can download an thing from apple.com that adds NTFS to dick utility.
Ah. Filth.
Got a link for that, mucker?
FAT32?? wtf? might as well use floppy discs!
Isn't that that standard, Gav? What should I have used? Bit late now, I'm 290gb through backup now.
Quote: Nil Putters @ February 19 2011, 6:40 PM GMTGot a link for that, mucker?
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/ntfs3g.html
NTFS. fat32 can't deal with huge files very efficiently. NTFS is faster you can convert. but can't go back.