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Theodoric
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Message 48 of 88 (504811)
04-03-2009 9:33 AM 		Reply to: Message 43 by Minnemooseus
04-02-2009 10:05 PM

Re: File number and/or size storage limits?
How is your drive formatted? FAT16, FAT32, NTFS? What OS?
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If you have XP I NTFS would be most stable.
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I have an external USB HD that currently has 19,662 files, 1518 folders, and 101 GB. It is on XP with NTFS. Never a prob. I have a laptop downstairs that I use to play the music on my home stereo. The laptop has a wireless connection to my PC with the portable USB drive and this has been the only kink in the setup. Occasionally, I get some data interrupts and skipping. Seems to happen when the laptop is updating a/v or something like that.
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I found a solution the other day. They now have massive USB drives (400GB)that do not need an external power supply and they are tiny(roughly 3x5, cost $99 at Duluth Best Buy). I can connect this to the laptop and no more wireless issues. I will sync the 2 drives whenever I load more music and that way I will have a backup.
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Also, my wife and I are going to South Africa next week and we can easily take our whole music collection with us.
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Life is good.
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Edited by Theodoric, : FAT not Fat
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Theodoric
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05-25-2009 3:21 PM 		Reply to: Message 52 by Taz
05-25-2009 3:00 PM

Re: wireless help
Google "wireless ethernet bridge". Lots of selection with a wide variety of price range
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Theodoric
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Message 58 of 88 (509879)
05-25-2009 6:09 PM 		Reply to: Message 56 by Taz
05-25-2009 5:38 PM

No that is a router, if you have wireless already you already have a router. Now you need a bridge which will take the wireless signal and output it to an ethernet port.
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05-26-2009 11:14 AM 		Reply to: Message 61 by DrJones*
05-26-2009 5:16 AM

Drawback is that these are probably the most expensive option. Throughput is great but more than most people need.
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