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General discussion

cross platform with hard drive

Feb 7, 2005 10:32AM PST

I have XP, and I just partitioned my new external western digital hard drive as NTFS. I took my hard drive to school ( we use Macs OS 10), and the Mac would not recognize my drive. The drive is supposed to be multi-platform. How would I partition my drive so that both Macs and PCs recognize the drive? Thanks!

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Try a FAT32 volume.
Feb 7, 2005 2:09PM PST

Best of luck.

Bob

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Not an option
Feb 8, 2005 6:14AM PST

Hi! FAT 32 was not an option when I partitioned it. Thanks again.

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any ideas?
Feb 10, 2005 5:05AM PST

Anyone know how to get that FAT 32 option on a PC (Windows XP)? Also, If I were to partition my drive on a Mac (OS 10), what format would I partition it so that both platforms, Windows xp and OS 10, both recognize my drive? Thanks!

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When I used the disk management tool....
Feb 10, 2005 5:20AM PST

When I partition, if I keep the partitions under 32GB, then I can format in FAT32 or NTFS. Your reply didn't tell much so I am unsure why you couldn't accomplish this feat.

bob