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I recently bought a 3TB internal SATA hard drive.

This drive is strictly for my Anime collection.

I want to use it to store my huge media (Video|Audio) collection. I don't have executables.

I don't want to format it in NTFS because of compatability issues with Linux. I have constant power failures and end-up repairing NTFS partitions with Windows cos Linux can't fix the NTFS partitions.

EXT4/EXT3 doesn't seem to have Windows support.

Fat32 seems to have only max 32 GB support. I'm not sure though.

I want a cross-platform format which will work without creating trouble on either OSes (Linux & Windows).

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  • Um... All Linux distros have supported NTFS for a very long time...
    – undo
    Commented Jul 17, 2016 at 9:22
  • @Rahul2001 But my partitions get corrupted and I end up having to use Windows to repair them cos Linux can't.
    – user3620828
    Commented Jul 17, 2016 at 9:27
  • The ext2 driver for windows always worked well for me. And as far as I can tell ext2 reads ext2+ just fine.
    – Hennes
    Commented Jul 17, 2016 at 12:26

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I don't want to format it in NTFS because of compatability issues with Linux.

Today's modern GNU/Linux systems can mount, read, and write NTFS filesystems just fine.

I have constant power failures and end-up repairing NTFS partitions with Windows cos Linux can't fix the NTFS partitions.

Repairing NTFS partitions with chkdsk from the Windows install media is a huge pain, yes. In my opinion, this sounds like yet another great reason to invest in an uninterruptible power supply.

I want a cross-platform format which will work without creating trouble on either OSes (Linux & Windows).

The filesystem which will most likely fit your particular use case is exFAT. It supports large volumes with large individual file sizes, and it works on GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows. However, the exFAT filesystem is not journaled. If you experienced corruption from power loss with NTFS, you'll likely experience it with exFAT as well.

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