[X4U] Tvisto Hard Drive

Thomas W Noel tnoel at mac.com
Mon Mar 12 17:19:58 PDT 2007


Yes, you will need to re-format. OS X cannot write to NTFS volumes.  
You could format as MS-DOS (FAT32) to make the drive cross platform  
if that is desired.
On Mar 12, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Neil wrote:

> I have the Tvisto 3500 multi-media hard drive.  It comes pre- 
> formatted with the required file structure in the Windows NT file  
> system.  I only have permission to read, not write to the drive.   
> Of course, that makes the drive useless.  I need to copy media  
> files to the drive so I can play them on my home theater.  So, how  
> do I change the permission?  Do I have to reformat the drive to HFS 
> +?  The docs say that the drive supports this.   
> Thanks._______________________________________________



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