The Linkstation Mini you refer to is a NAS device that can only be formatted in XFS. There is not a way (without voiding your warranty) to format these devices and install firmware that will work with a file system such as NTFS for example. We do not receive information as to when the next firmware release will be nor what it will entail in functionality. We submit as much feedback as we can to our corporate office who then pass it along to software development who then implements fixes as they're scheduled. Also, in the future if you have a PC running a Windows OS please post in a thread that is relevant to your operating environment or create a new thread. Thank you :)