Cannot delete on USB External Drive

[andybleaden]

Re: Cannot delete on USB External Drive

Got the partition editor up but the rest of the drive I need to keep really......actually would it be better not to have it as a fat system?

[dibl]

Re: Cannot delete on USB External Drive

actually would it be better not to have it as a fat system?

If you need to connect that drive to a Windows system, or if you need to "hot-plug" it in to your running Linux system(s), then you need to leave it FAT. But FAT is not famous for its ruggedness. If no Windows access is needed, and if you can (mostly) leave it either plugged in, or unplugged, then I'd convert it to ext3 which is far more reliable than FAT. NTFS is another choice you could make for sharing with Windows, but that adds some complications that may not be worth the bother -- you still have to remember to manually "eject" it if you want to avoid data corruption.

[andybleaden]

Re: Cannot delete on USB External Drive

think I will leave that alone then has it has tons of stuff on it