Problem formatting external hard drive

wll i know if you formatted it to fat it only accepts files upto 4gb, which im sure you knew already, but once switched back to ntfs it should accept any size file, are you sure it reformatted back to ntfs with you still getting that message!

BIG-HOL said:

wll i know if you formatted it to fat it only accepts files upto 4gb, which im sure you knew already, but once switched back to ntfs it should accept any size file, are you sure it reformatted back to ntfs with you still getting that message!

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Cheers for reply.. Yes im aware it only takes 4GB.. .. Ive just reformatted to NTFS to check it actually allows me to transfer the same file and yes it works..

Im just wondering how people use External drives on xbox to hold 100's of files without the 4gb limit..

I wasnt getting the warning on ntfs, i formatted it to ntfs and back to fat32 and still got the warning. confusing myself now..

well i dont own an xbox so cant say, but i know for the ps3 theres file splitters which split the game up into smaller sizes then rebuild them when needed, is fat32 the only file type you can use, is there not a program anywhere to run your games from ntfs!

SOLVED

Sorted it.. Getting full potential of the drive and Xbox360 is able to read drive and play WMV files..

Ive formatted the drive into HFS+ instead of fat32.. HFS+ is the standard for Macs.. Works a treat with no limits.

1. Download Macdrive 8.0.
2. Install Macdrive onto your PC.
3. Restart Your PC.
4. Start "Macdrive" by clicking the icon from the start menu or desktop.
5. Click on format and repair mac disk.
6. Tick modify Mac volumes than choose "Next".
7. Click on the external usb hard drive than click on initialize disk
8. Click on "free space" then "new volume".
9. Name the drive .
10. Make sure format is Mac OS Extended (HFS+).
11. Press ok .

well aslong as its reading and working fine, nice 1!