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   Message 137,897 of 138,051   
   Carlos E.R. to Paul R Schmidtbleicher   
   Re: Tumbleweed and GUID Partitioned Exte   
   27 Mar 24 11:45:41   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-03-25 21:18, Paul R Schmidtbleicher wrote:   
   > On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:57:50 -0500, Malcolm wrote:   
   >> On 25 Mar 2024 19:45:49 GMT Paul R Schmidtbleicher    
   wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Just a simple question: Can TW see and deal with GUID partitioned   
   >>> drives? I have a chance to get a "Fantom 2Tb Drive" that is partitioned   
   >>> as GUID. It claims to run with Win & Mac   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks,   
   >>>     Paul   
   >> Hi Paul Um, I hope so, all of my devices are type GPT with a Disk   
   >> Identifier (GUID) as opposed to type dos (legacy/mbr) ;)   
   >   
   > Thanks, Malcolm.  I took some time to read about GUID partitions, but was   
   > not sure, since the Drive Info only spoke of Win & Mac.  It also said it   
   > would not work with Win version prior to Vista or Win 7.  There was no   
   > mention of Linux.  The file system on it is NTFS which I know TW can read.   
   > My plan is for a backup drive for TW via Clonezilla or something like it.   
      
   I have never read about "GUID partitions".   
      
   GPT partitions, yes, of course they are supported.   
      
   NTFS is supported, but not fully. If you must use a Windows filesystem   
   on an external disk, use exfat.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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