hi i have the 16gb sdcard which is fat32 and i want to change it to NTFS because i need to put files on it larger then 4gb and when i tried NTFS android said it needs to reformat is there anything i can do?
Not sure if Android supports NTFS. But the driver (ntfs-3g) might be able to be included in the kernel.
NTFS will reduce the lifespan of your SD card too.
edit: If you have an EXT partition, stick the files on there then access them with a file manager?
Hey gang. Ever since I got my A500 I added an additional micro sd card, which when I check the storage settings it shows the correct GB os storage, but I can't get anything stored on my external micro sd. I also tried to use a USB Seagate Freeagent Go and It doesn't recognize it at all??
Any help would be appreciated
Thank you
Paul Clay
How are you trying to transfer data to the external_sd and how is the Seagate drive formatted?
paulc35 said:
Hey gang. Ever since I got my A500 I added an additional micro sd card, which when I check the storage settings it shows the correct GB os storage, but I can't get anything stored on my external micro sd. I also tried to use a USB Seagate Freeagent Go and It doesn't recognize it at all??
Any help would be appreciated
Thank you
Paul Clay
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grab file manager HD from the market, free
browse to /mnt/external_sd for addin SD card
browse to /mnt/usb_storage to see usb attached storage device
create a shortcut to and copy/move files to it as you see fit, also can add cifs file shares from your pc's setup usinf the LAN option.....
You may also use NTFS Mount app to make an external HDD visible in Android. Just plug the device to USB and fire up the mentioned app. After that you may launch any explorer and see an additional folder in root directory containing all the information your HDD has. Search the forums.
man i must sound like a real noob but how in the hell can you transfer files from a sd card or usb drive to the iconia they both show in applications tried drive mount they wont mount tried es file explorer see usb drive and sd storage when i open them there isnt anything in them i have clockwork installed and rooted with iconia root i can install other roms if i put sd card in a card reader to tranfer files wont even see in my computer i see storage but nothing in there either any help is appreciated driving me nuts only in xoom rom can i see storage on computer actually shows 2 drives
In file managers you'll find them under /mnt/ The sd is actually under "external_sd" and the usb is something similar like "usb_drive"
If you have been saving things so far they are most likely in the internal storage which is actually mounted as if it's an internal sd card (/sdcard/ or /mnt/internal_sd i think).
I have a
Western Digital 3TB Mybook Essential USB 3.0 External HDD
The problem is, that the A500 will not accept this drive connected via USB.
Do anyone have an ida with such a large HDD.
A 2TB HDD has no problem.
Is the drive formatted as fat32?
size is not the issue
Depends on format. If you do not have root access, the USB drive is only mountable if it is FAT/FAT32 file system. If it's NTFS you will need root and a external app (I use Drive Mount, free from market) to be able to use said external HDD
entropy.of.avarice said:
Depends on format. If you do not have root access, the USB drive is only mountable if it is FAT/FAT32 file system. If it's NTFS you will need root and a external app (I use Drive Mount, free from market) to be able to use said external HDD
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With Drive Mount the Drive is recognized but it will not mount the drive.
The drive is formatet with the tool from WesternDigital.
hochgattererjohann said:
With Drive Mount the Drive is recognized but it will not mount the drive.
The drive is formatet with the tool from WesternDigital.
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Hmmmm. Can you hook it up to your PC and check it's properties? What format is it even in?
The drive mount tool shows the drive, but "mount all" fails?
Does the drive actually work on a USB2 port?
over 2,19TB needs Advanced Format
Hi,
I read in one of the computer magazines that MBR (master boot record) only works for drives up to 2.19TB in size, bigger requires this new Advanced Format Support . Win7 SP1 includes this by defauilt I believe. Could be the case for the Iconia that the size is simply too big and that this AF is not (yet) supported ...
just my2 cents,
Marcher
entropy.of.avarice said:
Hmmmm. Can you hook it up to your PC and check it's properties? What format is it even in?
The drive mount tool shows the drive, but "mount all" fails?
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Windows report NTSF and drive mount shows the drive but "mount all" fails
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Does the drive actually work on a USB2 port?
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Yes it works without a problem on a USB2 port on my PC
When you connect to pc does it shows like 2 drivers letters or only 1, if shows 2 that's your problem there is utility on wd site how to reconfigure to show 1 drive.
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does it have a virtual drive. I am not familiar with wd drive but my iomega ego came with a virtual cd drive with the encryption program and drive mount won't work. But the version 1.2 works
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13337600&postcount=6
Just found out the name of the program wd its wd smartware. Below are link on how to disable them.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3835
hochgattererjohann said:
Windows report NTSF and drive mount shows the drive but "mount all" fails
Yes it works without a problem on a USB2 port on my PC
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If it is formatted NTFS and you have a stock A500 that is your problem. You need to format it as a FAT32 drive. You cannot do this through drive management in Windoze 7 (as far as I know) - you need to use a third party application or root your A500 and perform the necessary mods.
Once you root, you can use this.
I had success with the following utility and my 500GB NTFS-formatted external:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13337600&postcount=6
Hope this helps.
NTFS is the norm for External Hard Drives
External Hard Drives all come formatted NTSF. FAT32 is only used on thumb drives less than 16GB large. A file cannot be larger than 4GB on a FAT32 formatted drive and seeing how there are many files(VOB, ISO, MP4) that are larger than 4GB, most people don't think to format their drives to FAT32. If you have a Windows PC you can use an easy program you can find HERE to format your hard drive to FAT32
Ran into a similar problem with my new 1TB WD Passport.
Drive mount sees it and mounts it, but then I don't see the drive contents in root explorer.
strider_mt2k said:
Ran into a similar problem with my new 1TB WD Passport.
Drive mount sees it and mounts it, but then I don't see the drive contents in root explorer.
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Have you checked all the directories under /mnt? I haven't had an issue, just tested with a 1TB as well.
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I use WD 1TB HDD that's formated in NTFS and it does have the virtual drive as when mounted on PC there are two drives mounted.
However I have no problem to mount it on my A500 using the DriveMount. From memory it mounted as sd1(?) under /mnt/...
Just stick the cable to A500 USB port and click the mount all.
I tryed all what here was suggested.
I also splitted the drive in an 2 TB and a 1TB partition.
NTSF-Mount recognized this but didn't mount the two drives.
Has anybody other experiences?
hochgattererjohann said:
I tryed all what here was suggested.
I also splitted the drive in an 2 TB and a 1TB partition.
NTSF-Mount recognized this but didn't mount the two drives.
Has anybody other experiences?
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Are you rooted? Rom version? What third party tool are you using to mount the drive? Need more details to help you.
entropy.of.avarice said:
Are you rooted? Rom version? What third party tool are you using to mount the drive? Need more details to help you.
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I am rooted
I tried drive mount and ntsf mount. Drive mount recognize the drive but do not mount. ntsf mount sometimes mount the drives (I think when i start the pad the last 10 minutes) and do not mount when I plug in the drive.
I use the "[ROM] Honeycomb 3.1 - HoneyVillain 1.05 with 2.5 Kernel)
With 3 TB I had no chance to mount. With splitting it seems that ther are some possibilities but I didnt know at this time what really happens.
I am having issues with the following setup on my Nexus 7. I have the eForCity Micro USB OTG to USB 2.0 Adapter and the elago Mobile Nano I USB 2.0 microSDHC Flash Memory Card Reader. I have tried two microSD cards, one 32gb and one 64gb and I am unable to copy files to the card using both Root Explorer and ES File Explorer. It says that the copy failed. I have tried formatting the as exFat, NTFS and FAT32 and no luck. Anyone out there experience this?
Thank you in advance,
BD6675
You're missing a piece of the puzzle. If rooted, you should install Stickmount, which mounts external storage using the OTG Usb cable. I use it to read/write and stream media from a 32Gb microsd card using FAT32. Some custom kernels or roms natively support mounting, but I'm just stock, rooted, 4.2.1.
Groid said:
You're missing a piece of the puzzle. If rooted, you should install Stickmount, which mounts external storage using the OTG Usb cable. I use it to read/write and stream media from a 32Gb microsd card using FAT32. Some custom kernels or roms natively support mounting, but I'm just stock, rooted, 4.2.1.
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Thank you for your reply. Sorry, I forgot to mention that I am rooted and I was already using Stickmount. I am able to mount both the 32gb and 64gb cards and see the content on them and access the content on them but I can not copy anything to either card when connected to the Nexus 7. Any other things I can try?
It appears that I need to have the card formatted to FAT32 in order to be able to copy to the card from the Nexus 7. Does this sound correct or is there a way to get the card formatted to NTFS or exFAT?
Some custom kernels and custom roms support NTFS, but I'm just using FAT32 which works perfectly unless you need support for files over 4Gb. Easiest way to get it to work is to just format your storage with FAT32.
Groid said:
Some custom kernels and custom roms support NTFS, but I'm just using FAT32 which works perfectly unless you need support for files over 4Gb. Easiest way to get it to work is to just format your storage with FAT32.
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Yeah, that should suit me just fine. Thank you for your response.
bd6675 said:
It appears that I need to have the card formatted to FAT32 in order to be able to copy to the card from the Nexus 7. Does this sound correct or is there a way to get the card formatted to NTFS or exFAT?
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this is correct. android reads, but doesn't support writing to NTFS or exFAT natively. some kernels add ntfs-g, which does give you write access, but it's buggy at best.