Write error disc full on fat32 usb hdd

[jez]

First of all my usb hdd is now formatted in linux ext3 not fat32 anymore and mine does say media/hdd/timeshift. If I change the parent directory to internal flash it would say hdd/timeshift. Goto Timeshift settings/Timeshift location press ok then press channel up on remote so "parent directory" folder is highlighted, press ok and you should see "list of storage devices" folder, highlight that and press ok and on mine it shows "ext hdd" and "internal flash" highlight "ext hdd" and press ok then highlight timeshift folder and save it. Thats what worked for me anyway m8

 

[Rob van der Does]

..... my usb hdd is now formatted in linux ext3 .......

How did you do that? If the box formats the HDD, it will be in Ext4.
And it is advised to let the box format the drive.

 

[jez]

did it with paragon partition manager 12, it shows up as ext4 for some reason though lol

 

[jez]

by the way i was just doing an image backup and it failed so i deleted the backup and box crashed and stuck on boot loop, sigh it was going so well lol, so maybe i should have made the backup to a fat32 usb and not the linux usb one. I am reflashing now and setting it back up, i wondering if because i had permanent timeshift on and was doing a backup it might have been too much for the usb hdd to handle, ah well ya live and learn hopefully ill have it backup and running soon

 

[Rob van der Does]

did it with paragon partition manager 12, it shows up as ext4 for some reason though lol

By the box, yes, but it will still be Ext3. Anyway: better have the drive re-initialised by the box, as Ext4 is better and the settings will be specifically for large files.

 

[jez]

Anyway: better have the drive re-initialised by the box, as Ext4 is better and the settings will be specifically for large files.

I've got a 400gb partition for a nintendo wii on the usb hdd and want to keep it if possible, noticed if i initialise it on the box its going to wipe the whole thing, is there anyway i can keep the partition by using the box to format it?

 

[Rob van der Does]

As far as I know the box should be able to format only the desired partition.
The dialogue window will show you the details, so be sure to read that carefully before initialising.

 

[jez]

it shows the full capacity (1000.201 gb) of the hdd when i click initialise, think ill have to format on the pc to keep it split into 2

edit:
formatted it to ext4 on paragon partition manager and all working well again, just wont backup the image while in timeshift this time lol