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BKSinAZ · 07-25-2008, 04:31 AM

Thinking of buying an external WD hard drive.

If I format it as NTFS, will the MAC be able to see it and write to it?
What about FAT32...will the MAC be able to see the hard drive and write to it?

You probably wonder why I do not format it to a MAC partition, but I need to backup data on both a MAC and a separate XP machine.

I guess I am asking how to format the new external drive to be seen by BOTH types of computers?

07-25-2008, 04:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
BKSinAZ Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 82	New MAC user. I have a couple of easy questions. Thinking of buying an external WD hard drive. If I format it as NTFS, will the MAC be able to see it and write to it? What about FAT32...will the MAC be able to see the hard drive and write to it? You probably wonder why I do not format it to a MAC partition, but I need to backup data on both a MAC and a separate XP machine. I guess I am asking how to format the new external drive to be seen by BOTH types of computers?