Windows should normally know how to handle GPT, yes. I honestly don’t know why. Perhaps GPT handling only extends as far as internal disks, but not external ones; perhaps on external disks the EFI system partition breaks the one-partition rule. Honestly, I don’t know, but if I were you, I’d try some experiments to find out. Maybe erasing the disk didn’t just set it to MBR, but you really *did* have multiple partitions, so try a GPT disk with just the one partition.
Regardless of the reason, I’m glad it’s working now. MBR is fine for external media, so long as the partition is 2 TB or less in size. As a general rule, FAT32 is preferable for portability, and for any disk with size less than or equal to 32 GB; otherwise, choose ExFAT. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
