Reformatting hard drives

[ImJake]

When i reformat my hard drive what format should it use ext2, ext3, ext3, ext4
there are more, but witch will let me put files on the hard drive and take things off it?

[thegreatgazoo]

For installing Linux: EXT4

For removable drives: fat32 or NTFS

Fat32: compatible with Linux, Windows, and Mac (has file size limitations)

Ntfs: supports very large files. Compatible only with Linux and windows. (NTFS is read only in Mac)

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[DrHu]

For cross-patform use (sharing data), some FAT file format is probably best: usually a later one such as FAT32

If it was for your own hard drive, you would use the format needed by your OS
--but I get the sense you want to share the data

NTFS is another rerasonable choice
--since Linux supports that file format

• Linux file formats (ext4, reiserfs (if still used) or any later ones such as XFS, JFS, are not so well supported by Windows or even Apple OSX