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1. #HOW TO REFORMAT SEAGATE BACKUP PLUS SLIM SOFTWARE#
2. #HOW TO REFORMAT SEAGATE BACKUP PLUS SLIM PS3#
3. #HOW TO REFORMAT SEAGATE BACKUP PLUS SLIM TV#

Look at how much Data that you wish to preserve under each partition & use the as a guide, actually I've got that split Ext HDD set to NTFS / Ext3 - as it was split some years ago,īut most folks will probably say to use Ext4 these days. Of about 4350Mb for the fat32 system & I'm often hitting that limit, with some of my back-up ISOsģ. You get the idea.ġ./ Nope - I've does exactly the same thing on one of my Ext HDDsĢ./NTFS is probably better than using Fat32, as there is a file size limit, In your case, you can have a 2 tb NTFS and a 2 tb Linux "ext4" partition, or 3 tb NTFS and a 1tb Linux "ext4" partitions. I have mine partitioned into NTFS and Ext4 partitions. It does not matter which partition is first or not, they are all easy to resize with a partition manager editor. You can easily partition the drive using "gParted live" or the Linux Mint partition manager editor into multiple partitions.

#HOW TO REFORMAT SEAGATE BACKUP PLUS SLIM TV#

have no problems reading Linux "ext" file systems (or NTFS), and streaming that to smart devices, like phones, smart TV's, smart Blu-Ray /DVD players, game consoles, TV sticks, etc.

#HOW TO REFORMAT SEAGATE BACKUP PLUS SLIM PS3#

Note: Multimedia streaming applications like UMS (Ultimate Media Server), PS3 Media Server, Kodi, Plex Home Theater, etc.

#HOW TO REFORMAT SEAGATE BACKUP PLUS SLIM SOFTWARE#

Tip / Note: If you want to put multi-media files (videos & movies, music, pictures, etc.), that you want to use with a smart TV, blu-ray / DVD player, game consoles, hardware routers, that have USB ports, then having a NTFS partition is a must because most of those will not read the Linux file systems, even though most of their software (firmware) is written in Linux. If you have, or think you will, need to access this external drive using MS Windows (yours or someone elses), then you would want to have an NTFS partition. I just read your post and the good replies to it. 76 TB in NTFS to store Windows stuff from other than my own two Linux-only machines then 1 TB as Ext to back up my Linux desktop another 1TB as Ext to back up my Linux laptop and 1TB as Ext for extra stuff I don't know exactly what: VM machines, ISOs, debs, etc.Ģ) I have heard that either NTFS are Ext partitions should be first because the other is harder to shrink or expand, which should go first?ģ) Which Ext filesystem, 2, 3 or 4 should I use (Gparted reports my current HD partitions, I have /home in a separate partition, as Ext4)?

I thought the drive came unformatted but it came as one NTFS partition (3.76 TB) plus a partition that Nemo reads as "Microsoft partition." I am running from Linux Mint 17.3 (Rosa) 64-bit on a o1TB drive. I just bought a 4TB Seagate Backup Plus USB drive for the purpose of backing up my data (about 600GB) before upgrading to Linux Mint 18.2 that everyone is raving about.