NTFS on Honeycomb Tablets

aceflor · 07-23-2011, 03:33 AM

Yes, it is possible (given your tablet has a USB port) to use your NTFS USB Drive on an Honeycomb Tablet.
The app is now called Drive Mount (former NTFS Mount) and is available on the Market. It not only allows you to mount and unmount your NTFS Drive but also is useful if your FAT32 USB Stick is for whatever reason not recognized by your tablet, it can (not always though) solve the problem.

Some custom Roms are even integrating this app (which used to be free btw) in their features.

again, I thought I'd try to contribute with a non-theoritical subject, for those of us who not only blabber about one but really own an android device, and who do not happen to think that "theirs is the biggest". (it never is......

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RockdaMan · 07-23-2011, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aceflor

for those of us who not only blabber about one but really own an android device

I do, but it doesn't do NTFS. It sounds more complicated than I'd like to deal with.

Dropbox works well, as does the SD card. I used the SD card for really big files.

lestatar · 07-23-2011, 06:07 AM

Yeah, Galaxy Tab owner here. Good info OP but zero issues with file systems as yet though that applet is very cool indeed.

aceflor · 07-23-2011, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by lestatar

Yeah, Galaxy Tab owner here. Good info OP but zero issues with file systems as yet though that applet is very cool indeed.

Good to know the galaxy tab can this from the box !

lestatar · 07-23-2011, 09:10 AM

^ well, don't quote me on that just yet.

Sadly no USB port on the Tab so no way for me to really mess with this.

Just meant that no issues with stuff going on uSDHC card or via Wifi copying over to the TAB, with stuff that came from FAT32 or NTFS partitions. So not really proof of anything I would think

aceflor · 07-23-2011, 09:19 AM

yeah, I got mixed up, I don't remember which one has or does not have a USB port.

Marseille · 07-23-2011, 07:11 PM

I remember the first time I used an ntfs driver with knoppix (a linux live cd) there were a lot of warnings going along with it (for writing mostly, not reading). I only used it to recover information on drives that were already otherwise inaccessible or repair the same. That's been a lot of years, but I wonder how stable things are now.

Adoby · 07-24-2011, 05:08 AM

I have a dual boot pc, with linux and windows, and on occasion read and write to a ntfs partition. No problem so far.

But I would prefer to be able to read and write to an usb-attached ext4-partition. Perhaps that works nativly? Any one tried?

07-23-2011, 03:33 AM	#1
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,472 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	NTFS on Honeycomb Tablets Yes, it is possible (given your tablet has a USB port) to use your NTFS USB Drive on an Honeycomb Tablet. The app is now called Drive Mount (former NTFS Mount) and is available on the Market. It not only allows you to mount and unmount your NTFS Drive but also is useful if your FAT32 USB Stick is for whatever reason not recognized by your tablet, it can (not always though) solve the problem. Some custom Roms are even integrating this app (which used to be free btw) in their features. again, I thought I'd try to contribute with a non-theoritical subject, for those of us who not only blabber about one but really own an android device, and who do not happen to think that "theirs is the biggest". (it never is......) Last edited by aceflor; 07-23-2011 at 03:37 AM.

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lestatar LB's lolz Mutt Minion Posts: 2,902 Karma: 5700001 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Hong Kong now but NYC forever Device: Kindle3, GalaxyTab, BB Bold9700, BB 8300, Sony Clie, Palm Vx, Palm III	Yeah, Galaxy Tab owner here. Good info OP but zero issues with file systems as yet though that applet is very cool indeed.

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lestatar LB's lolz Mutt Minion Posts: 2,902 Karma: 5700001 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Hong Kong now but NYC forever Device: Kindle3, GalaxyTab, BB Bold9700, BB 8300, Sony Clie, Palm Vx, Palm III	^ well, don't quote me on that just yet. Sadly no USB port on the Tab so no way for me to really mess with this. Just meant that no issues with stuff going on uSDHC card or via Wifi copying over to the TAB, with stuff that came from FAT32 or NTFS partitions. So not really proof of anything I would think

07-23-2011, 09:19 AM	#6
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,472 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	yeah, I got mixed up, I don't remember which one has or does not have a USB port.

07-23-2011, 07:11 PM	#7
Marseille Guru Posts: 687 Karma: 5700000 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: kindle	I remember the first time I used an ntfs driver with knoppix (a linux live cd) there were a lot of warnings going along with it (for writing mostly, not reading). I only used it to recover information on drives that were already otherwise inaccessible or repair the same. That's been a lot of years, but I wonder how stable things are now.

07-24-2011, 05:08 AM	#8
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,736 Karma: 26785668 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Thinkpad E595, Ubuntu Mate, Huawei Mediapad 5, Bouye Likebook Plus	I have a dual boot pc, with linux and windows, and on occasion read and write to a ntfs partition. No problem so far. But I would prefer to be able to read and write to an usb-attached ext4-partition. Perhaps that works nativly? Any one tried?

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