(08-29-2018, 10:51 PM)Dookus link Wrote: The idea of formatting the drive ext4 even though there are windows drivers for Linux based formats is not what I need, the drive is close to full, I have another identical drive that is almost full, difficult as if I want to retain my data, the idea of Linux was to be an alternative to Windows? am I right? the idea of not being able to use hardware on both platforms makes it less so, at least for me!
"The idea of not being able to use hardware on both platforms makes it less so"?
Excuse me, but it is you, who want to use both platforms, am I right?
Then you must make the disk compatible for both platforms. USB connection does not
magically make the proprietary disk un-proprietary.