1TB USB Disk with NTFS

I have AE with FirmWare version -- 7.5.1
and have Toshiba Ext HDD (USB) formatted with NTFS.
This Disk is connected to AEBS and it shows on AirPort Utility "Disk" Tab screen.
However I have NOT been able to see or connect this disk to any of my Windows 7 computer.
I have read lots of old posts saying that NTFS will not work.
Is it still true (with AEBS FirmWare ver: 7.5.1) or am I missing some configuration.
I have tried tweaking "Local Security" etc, but no luck.
Just wanted to re-confirm that, AEBS and NTFS combo will NOT work?

So, is there any way to get a PC to connect wirelessly to a hard drive connected to the USB port of an AEBS or Time Capsule?
The Airport Utility on the PC sees the external hard drive, but I am not able to get the backup software, or Windows XP, to connect to that drive.

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a) WEP WPA password, ive never set one up for the airport, where do i find out what this password is for my PC?
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I'm having issues too wtih the drive connected to my airport extreme basestation but not the same kind.
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You really need to search first as there are A LOT of post's with the same question. Different issues with different Models.
What model/year do you have and what OS were you using first? Snow Leopard (10.6) is the last one that came with a CD/DVD with the computer.
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PR7 wrote:
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I have a 1.5TB external drive formatted with 3 equal size partitions: 1 NTFS and 2 Mac OS Extended formats, each one ~500GB. I'd like to remove the NTFS partition and use the whole drive for the 2 Mac partitions. Could I copy the NTFS data to one of the Mac partitions, then delete the NTFS partition, and then enlarge the two remaining partitions, of course without losing the information that's already on each of them? My system is OSX 10.7.5 -- Lion.
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un 0
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