Folder and file integrity.

Former user wrote on 9/13/2023, 3:20 PM

Last week I transferred files from SD card to external NVME (Western Digital Black Edition 1TB formatted NTFS). Two SD cards were video + lav audio and third SD card was shotgun mic audio transferred to respective folders on the NVME. All three SD card files transferred. On reboot, the folders were gone. Luckily, the SD cards that had the video plus lav audio were not yet formatted. The shotgun mic SD card was formatted. I then used EaseUS recovery trial software that located the folders on the NVME and retrieved the shotgun audio. Because the files were under 2GB (maximum retrieval for trial software), I was able to recover all lost files. I cannot have files walk away on me like that or play "hide and seek". I copied respective folders to other storage mediums, an SSD and a WD Black edition HDD. If I want to make sure my files *STAY* on the drive when I work on a project, what do I do?

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Former user wrote on 9/14/2023, 10:43 AM

Use Ext4, it is a newer, faster and superior file system, on Linux. Pro videographers and editors tend to use OSX because 'Microsoft OS is unreliable' (their words). Above the pro's are studios that use Linux. OSX is a costly option, Linux, less so. Now, more NLE's like Lightworks and DaVinci Resolve run on Linux, along with DAW's like Reaper, Bitwig, Mixbus, Traktion and so on. This is not a dig against Magix (which makes good things), rather Microsoft, and there are still tools only available on Mac or Windows not available on Linux. But if you want a sturdier filesystem you will not find it using Windows. The longer you use the Microsoft OS, the more reasons it will give not to use it. A desktop can boot into more than one OS, so you can use the best of both worlds.