Partitions can be configured in a variety of formats – and a partition formatted for one operating system (Mac OSX, for example) may not be natively compatible with a computer running a different operating system, or vice versa.
Monthly Archives: September 2010
File System Formats – Part 3 – Incompatibilities
Tagged with: FAT, file systems, flash drives, format hard drive, hard drive partition, NTFS, USB flash drive
Posted in Hard Drive, USB Flash Drive
Posted in Hard Drive, USB Flash Drive
Hard Drive Formats – Part Two – Evolution of File Formats
File Systems, beginning with the File Allocation Table (FAT), have evolved and have been joined by Microsoft’s NTFS (New Technology File System), ext2, and other methods to manage the map of your hard drive data.
Tagged with: Aleratec, FAT, FAT16, FAT32, file systems, format hard drive, Hard Drive, NTFS
Posted in Hard Drive
Posted in Hard Drive
Hard Drive Formats – Part One – What Are They?
An explanation of hard disk drive file systems: how they work and why they are needed. The article also looks at low level formatting on hard disks.
Tagged with: FAT, FAT16, FAT32, file systems, format hard drive, Hard Drive, hard drive formatting, NTFS
Posted in Hard Drive
Posted in Hard Drive
When Hard Drive Formatting Isn’t Enough—Removing the Data
Ways to remove the data from your hard disk drives so it doesn’t get into the wrong hands, because formatting is not enough.
Tagged with: decommission hard drive, hard drive duplicator, hard drive overwrite, hard drive sanitizer, sanitize hard drive, secure erase
Posted in Hard Drive
Posted in Hard Drive
