External Hard Drive built to game record

RyGuy BranFlakes

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I have a Mac OS 10.9 that is boot camped with Windows 7 Ultimate and I use Dxtory to record with. My problem is that I use a passport with 1Tb to save my games and record with. I know i need a separate hard drive preferably for just recording. I am having a hard time finding a hard drive that supports large file downloads unlike my passport (which is formatted to my windows 7 in FAT32, which only supports file downloads up to 4Gb).

Does anyone know of a external hard drive built to record 1280p HD with at least at 100Mb/s?
I am unsure if all window's external hard drives are compatible with a boot camped version on a mac.
 
Solution
Re-format the external drive to exFat which is compatible with both windows and mac, has no 4gb file size limit, and no 2.2tb partition size limit.

Any modern 3.5" external drives should hit 100mb/s thru a port that can support that rate as well as several 2.5" models (check reviews carefully)
I do suggest partitioning the drive. Make the first one large enough to hold what you think would be your largest recording. Make the second one using the rest of the drive. The 2nd one will be the storage area. When you are done with your recording copy it to the second partition and verify it was successfull then you can delete the original. (Never cut & paste or Move by the way). This keeps the fastest part of the drive free for...
Re-format the external drive to exFat which is compatible with both windows and mac, has no 4gb file size limit, and no 2.2tb partition size limit.

Any modern 3.5" external drives should hit 100mb/s thru a port that can support that rate as well as several 2.5" models (check reviews carefully)
I do suggest partitioning the drive. Make the first one large enough to hold what you think would be your largest recording. Make the second one using the rest of the drive. The 2nd one will be the storage area. When you are done with your recording copy it to the second partition and verify it was successfull then you can delete the original. (Never cut & paste or Move by the way). This keeps the fastest part of the drive free for recording insuring you always have the best speed available for your sessions.
 
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When you say "divide the drive up to two parts" I literally think that you just want me to make 2 separate files. I feel like your talking about something else that is more complex then just that. Or is that what you really mean?

for an example of what i think you might be talking about: My mac has 500Gb total. I shared 100Gb with my window's side of my mac with boot camp. I can not access the remanding 400Gb unless i get to it through my Apple side of my mac.