Microsoft OneDrive now only works with NTFS drives

[Guest]

Has ReFS actual matured enough to be used actively on non-boot drives? Been out of the loop on its development.

[vorticalbox]

1 hour ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

I've used SyncToy since like forever. I also use Dropbox mostly because of shared folders with other people who use it. I've tried cloud services at some point for the sake of convenience, but most of them are pretty horrible, and don't support much data in their free versions. Only MEGA has "passed the test" so far in terms of convenience and free storage limit, so that's the only form of cloud syncing I use by choice.

have you tried google drive folder/file sharing? It's actually very good allowing multiple people to work on the same file. It even has a chat for people in the document. 

 

 

[dizmo]

Is there even an advantage to using FAT32 anymore? Isn't it limited to 4GB files? 

[PlayStation 2]

But why?

Good thing I couldn't care less about online file storage. 

[LAwLz]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

Is there even an advantage to using FAT32 anymore? Isn't it limited to 4GB files? 

The problem is not FAT32 drives. The problem is ReFS drives.

Does OneDrive have a GNU/Linux client? Because then that's a big blow to them too.

 

The Android and iOS version seems to still work, so the NTFS requirement is not enforced on those platforms.

[vorticalbox]

10 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

The problem is not FAT32 drives. The problem is ReFS drives.

Does OneDrive have a GNU/Linux client? Because then that's a big blow to them too.

 

The Android and iOS version seems to still work, so the NTFS requirement is not enforced on those platforms.

does the android/ios version sync files to the device like it does on the desktop? Im quite sure it doesn't. 

[Trixanity]

18 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

The problem is not FAT32 drives. The problem is ReFS drives.

Does OneDrive have a GNU/Linux client? Because then that's a big blow to them too.

 

The Android and iOS version seems to still work, so the NTFS requirement is not enforced on those platforms.

It seems the NTFS limitation is for Windows only and it supports the idea that it's to do with the upcoming OneDrive integration in the Creators Fall Update. Don't know why the file system creates a limitation though.

[kirashi]

Been a DropBox Pro user for 3 years because it's the only common cloud syncing service with proper cross-platform support that isn't tied to a company who conveniently happens to make Operating Systems as well. I do long for better Office integration, however, it beats being tied to OneDrive any day of the week.

 

I also use the free 15GB storage you get with Google Drive because I do have a Gmail account for Android usage, and as such make use of the free Google Photos backup service and have a few shared folders added as well. I'd love to switch over 100% to Google Drive, but can't do it due to their lack of listening to users who ask for features related to organization and their insistence on using Chrome to access your files on Desktop. (I do have the Google Drive Desktop app installed, but it regularly fails to sync files, crashes occasionally, and doesn't support Linux.)

[LAwLz]

47 minutes ago, Trixanity said:

Don't know why the file system creates a limitation though.

Probably because it's a Microsoft product and they always do things in the most complicated way possible, which creates a ton of issues.

 

I mean, it's pretty absurd how much of Windows relies on NTFS being the file system. I am fairly sure the "tight integration" (aka, poor design) between Windows and NTFS is the whole reason why it hasn't been replaced yet (ReFS is not a replacement, and ReFS shares the same semantics engine and APIs as NTFS, most likely for compatibility purposes).

[bcguru9384]

open file in notepad if text or similiar program for file

now save as

ntfs formatted hdd drive partition 

this from say fat partition

 

its really that you need a virtuall hdd that can be loaded to ram space that will act as "translator" drive for system disks formats

[Trixanity]

21 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

Probably because it's a Microsoft product and they always do things in the most complicated way possible, which creates a ton of issues.

 

I mean, it's pretty absurd how much of Windows relies on NTFS being the file system. I am fairly sure the "tight integration" (aka, poor design) between Windows and NTFS is the whole reason why it hasn't been replaced yet (ReFS is not a replacement, and ReFS shares the same semantics engine and APIs as NTFS, most likely for compatibility purposes).

Yeah, it seems like Windows carries a lot of legacy baggage solely because changing it breaks everything. And no one wants to exert themselves to change that. It would probably be wise to make it more modular and remove dependencies but of course that makes sense so Microsoft wouldn't do that.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

5 hours ago, vorticalbox said:

have you tried google drive folder/file sharing? It's actually very good allowing multiple people to work on the same file. It even has a chat for people in the document. 

 

 

I have used it once or twice, nothing I miss about it. As I said, when it comes to shared files/folder I'm limited by other people's choices, but I'm glad not to use something as bloated as to have a builtin chat in it

I still have Google drive, though, basically because if you have Gmail, you have Google drive and all the other stuff. But when it comes to what I care most (and actually choose ) MEGA is miles away everything else I've tried. I guess that might change in the future (just like I came to discover MEGA when Sugarsync went paid-only).

 

Come to think about it, MEGA actually has videocalls, but I don't use it (other than saving the day once or twice when Skype was... well, being Skype). Anyways, not something I look at when choosing how to sync  

[79wjd]

3 hours ago, Trixanity said:

Yeah, it seems like Windows carries a lot of legacy baggage solely because changing it breaks everything. And no one wants to exert themselves to change that. It would probably be wise to make it more modular and remove dependencies but of course that makes sense so Microsoft wouldn't do that.

In fairness, Windows is likely such a clusterfuck that removing even the smallest dependency would break everything. It would probably be easier to rewrite the entire OS than unweave the mess that is likely to be the code for Windows.