Yes the Touch can read NTFS quite nicely. Common issues with USB drives can get grouped into a couple categories:
not simple drive disconnecting Many USB drives have "special features" which are designed to work with Windows. They contain programs that are run when you plug them into a machine running Windows. These programs enable various features of the drive. The problem is the Touch does not run Windows (it runs Linux) thus this windows code cannot run which puts the drive in a strange state with parts of its functionality not working. Its best NOT to use a drive with any special features (like passwords, encryption, locked areas, virtual CDs etc) The other common problem is disconnecting. For some reason many drives will disconnect themselves from the host at various times. In many cases this is part of the "power saving strategy". If a drive just spins down a disk, but leaves the connection open this is fine. But some don't stop there and power down the connection as well. In many of these drives there is a way to adjust these power settings, but you will usually have to access them from a PC. (those Windows specific "special features" again) The Touch is much more sensitive to disconnections than other systems because it performs a file scan every time the drive connects. (to see if you have added any new music) Thus a disconnect and reconnect has a much bigger impact than just spinning up the disk. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87857 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
