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Apache 1TB Multimedia External HDD

  • 16-06-2008 12:52pm
    #1
    stevire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this product?

    The link is here for pixmania.
    Seems like a great deal. But if I got some feedback on it it would seal the deal for me!

    Also if anyone knows if its the FAT32/NTFS file system thats on it?
    FAT32 only supports files up to 4gb which would be a disaster for a 1TB disk imo!


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  • #2
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Interesting looking device. Surely you can reformat it if it is formatted with FAT32. It says utilities are included for formatting the drive.


  • #3
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    FAT 32 only supports files up to 4GB in size , thats true , but what files do you have thats bigger than 4GB ? For a video file ( SD ) that would be about 4 hours of video , and that would be badly encoded video at that , most movies can be done in less than 1GB at DVD quality.

    Video files from camcorders can be much bigger , e.g. a 1 hour miniDV tape is about 12GB when loaded from the camera , but these should be encoded after downloading from the camera as they are hugely wasteful of space.

    You have the tools to re-format the drive , but remember that FAT32 is readable by just about anything. This is why most external hard drives come pre-formatted in FAT32 , because it is not assumed that you will be running the unit on just Microsoft products.

    NTFS on the other hand , has very poor support outside of a Windows operating system.

    Most other devices have either read-only support for NTFS , or dont work at all.


  • #4
    stevire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭stevire


    mathias wrote: »
    FAT 32 only supports files up to 4GB in size , thats true , but what files do you have thats bigger than 4GB ? For a video file ( SD ) that would be about 4 hours of video , and that would be badly encoded video at that , most movies can be done in less than 1GB at DVD quality.

    Video files from camcorders can be much bigger , e.g. a 1 hour miniDV tape is about 12GB when loaded from the camera , but these should be encoded after downloading from the camera as they are hugely wasteful of space.

    You have the tools to re-format the drive , but remember that FAT32 is readable by just about anything. This is why most external hard drives come pre-formatted in FAT32 , because it is not assumed that you will be running the unit on just Microsoft products.

    NTFS on the other hand , has very poor support outside of a Windows operating system.

    Most other devices have either read-only support for NTFS , or dont work at all.

    I was just thinking of a backup to all files on my comp which may have one or two files above 4GB. I could worry about that when the problem arises I suppose.

    Thanks for the feedback. I'll stick with the FAT32 for the moment!! Time to buy... :D


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