![]() I could have used a partitioning tool (not supplied with Windows XP) to make it into 3 virtual drives but that would have made using the disk cumbersome. However, this failed on the disk size (FAT32 limited to 32gb). The help said it must be done via the command line (i.e. Firstly this wasnt possible in the usual control panel utility as NTFS was the only option here. So I tried reformatting the 80gb freecom via Windows to FAT32. We could only read it from our MACS.Īnyway, here is a log of what happened over a period of a week.Ĭlearly the ext HD needed reformatting to FAT32 (as MAC's can write to this file system). ![]() The problem we had with the existing configuration of the Freecom USB 2.0 drive was that we could only update it from Windows XP. ![]() The external drive is essential for when we are onsite at the clients office (all Windows PC's). We are increasingly using our Macbooks, but need to share JPG files, MS Office docs etc with a clients PC systems (and our own too). The problem was we had an 80gb Freecom external drive, pre-formatted as NTFS (of course). We have recently switched to MAC OSX (using a 2ghz Macbook) for film editing and I am sick of Windows shortcomings and flakey behaviour. I think this might be useful to switchers, especially those who begin to really appreciate the Aqua interface and all things OSX. OR getting your MAC to do what Windows XP should be able to.
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