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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-321 => Topic started by: XerxesDGreat on February 21, 2009, 02:13:59 PM

Title: Silly question
Post by: XerxesDGreat on February 21, 2009, 02:13:59 PM

Is there any way to save existing data on a hard drive and prevent reformatting when first installing it in the 321?  That is, besides the obvious, and sane, ways of burning oodles of DVD's or purchasing an extra HD...  The drive is formatted in NTFS, narrowing the possibility of a positive answer, I'm sure.

Title: Re: Silly question
Post by: ECF on February 23, 2009, 10:30:39 AM

This device does not operate in NTFS therefor it will need to be formated to be used with the DNS-321 to EXT2.

Title: Re: Silly question
Post by: XerxesDGreat on February 24, 2009, 12:35:22 AM

Had a feeling.  Thanks.

...grumble grumble stupid proprietary file system grumble grumble...

Title: Re: Silly question
Post by: fordem on February 24, 2009, 09:42:14 AM

I take it you're aware that it is NTFS that is the proprietary file system?

Title: Re: Silly question
Post by: XerxesDGreat on February 26, 2009, 05:36:10 PM

Oh yes.  Very yes.