NTFS and exFAT COMPATIABILITY ON IPAD PRO

Sorry, no. NTFS is a Microsoft proprietary format - that is not supported by iPadOS.

To be recognised by iPadOS, the attached USB storage device must be formatted to FAT, FAT32, exFAT or APFS+ with a single partition. As the iPad has limited power capabilities, dependent upon the Storage Device, an external power source is often required.

If you have one of the newest iPad Pro models, with a USB-C connector, you may need to utilise a powered USB hub (i.e., it has its own source of power) - connecting both the iPad Pro and the storage device to ports on the hub.

I hope this clarification is helpful to you.

gurpreetchhatwal wrote:

i have a external hard drive formatted with NTFS and full of data. is there any chance to use it with ipad pro without formatting in exFAT and losing data

Looking at this article, it would seem no directly. You may be able to connect to a Mac that is connected to the external drive. the Mac would handle the file format translation.

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/ipad/ipad1c415e32/ipados

I doubt it.