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External HDD - Cross Platform Questions
Lawful Evil
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I recently purchased a Toshiba 1TB HDD. I have 2 computers, one on Windows 7 which is my main desktop PC, and my iBookG4 running on OSX 10.4. Since Macs can't write on NTFS formatted HDs, I formatted my HDD using my Mac into FAT32. While the HD works, it seems to take a while before the Mac can recognize the drive. Before I formatted it, it took only 5 seconds or so, but now it takes around a minute.
Is this a natural effect of my formatting it to FAT32? I've already Verified and repaired it on Disk Utility, but it detected no problems.
And an additional question: Since I will be able to reformat my HDD on my Windows PC back into NTFS, is there a way for my mac to be able to write on NTFS HDDs? I know that there's a way for Windows to read Mac OS file-system formatted HDDs, but I have to use the HDD for other Windows PCs other than mine.
Is this a natural effect of my formatting it to FAT32? I've already Verified and repaired it on Disk Utility, but it detected no problems.
And an additional question: Since I will be able to reformat my HDD on my Windows PC back into NTFS, is there a way for my mac to be able to write on NTFS HDDs? I know that there's a way for Windows to read Mac OS file-system formatted HDDs, but I have to use the HDD for other Windows PCs other than mine.
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Haven't used it, but it sounds like it works fine.