Hi, To my knowledge fat32 only allows max 32 gig size. I have used extended fat as a format and it should be readable by both pc and mac. I can doublecheck the exact format when I am at my mac later today if you want.
Best, Ioana Sent from my iPhone On Dec 29, 2011, at 5:37 AM, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Traci, > > If you want to be able to read the drive on both windows and Mac you can use > Fat32. You can partition the drive on the Mac and dedicate one partition to > the file system for the Mac and make the other partition Fat32. If you make > it NTFS you would have to connect it to Windows because the Mac cannot format > it in the NTFS format. Fat32 would be visible to the Mac, so it really > depends on what you want to do. You can use Disk Utility to accomplish this > task. > > On Dec 28, 2011, at 9:09 PM, Traci wrote: > >> So, I have been semi-successful. >> >> I've emptied my external drive onto my windows desktop, and I formatted >> about 40GB as NTFS, however I can't figure out how to format the rest of the >> drive a Mac Journal. >> >> I'm wondering if I went about this backwards? Maybe I should format the >> drive on Mac, 40GB fat32 and the rest as Mac Journal, then go over to my >> Windows and reformat the fat32 partition? Lol, not sure, that sound a >> little nutty. >> >> Any guidance here? :) >> >> Traci >> Sent by Macbook Air Mail >> >> On Dec 26, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> You could do that, but it will take some time to back all that data up. Of >>> course no matter what you do you should have a good backup. You could try a >>> tool like Drive Genius or a program that will let you repartition the drive >>> without trashing the data. You could certainly save the money and just copy >>> everything over to your other machine and then partition and format the >>> drive as you like. >>> >>> On Dec 26, 2011, at 8:38 PM, Traci wrote: >>> >>>> Ok, I've ran into a little hitch in my plan. >>>> >>>> My external hard drive is actually ntfs, and there is more on it than I >>>> realized. I'm using just under 30GB. >>>> >>>> Lol, I'm not sure where I can temporarily place all this data, why I >>>> experiment with reformating. >>>> >>>> My windows laptop desktop makes the best sense, however free space on the >>>> laptop is 37GB. Can the machine handle being so full? >>>> >>>> Is creating a folder on my macbook desktop even an option? Paste all the >>>> data inside, then connect the drive to my windows to reformat? >>>> >>>> The instructions on the web are saying format a partition as ntfs, then >>>> leave the rest of the drive as empty unformatted space. Connect the drive >>>> to my Mac and format that empty partition as Mac Journal. >>>> >>>> What are the groups thoughts here? >>>> >>>> Traci >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Scott Howell >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 1:57 PM >>>> Subject: Re: pc/mac external harddrive >>>> >>>> SUre, go for it. You have the right idea. >>>> >>>> On Dec 26, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Traci wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> >>>>> Ok, for the last hour or so, I've been reading material on the web about >>>>> using an external hard drive between mac/pc's. >>>>> >>>>> If I understand this correctly, I can partition the external drive into 2 >>>>> sections. One can be fat32 for windows and one can be mac journal >>>>> something. >>>>> >>>>> I don't plan on swapping data between machines, I just want to put this >>>>> 250gb drive to best use. I've been using it for Months backing up my >>>>> windows machine, now I want to use it for my Mac, but I don't want to >>>>> lose my windows data. >>>>> >>>>> So, for example: >>>>> 20GB is dedicated to windows, >>>>> and the rest is dedicated to Mac. >>>>> >>>>> What do you guys think? Is this doable or recommended? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks so much, >>>>> Traci >>>>> Sent by Macbook Air Mail >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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