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newportnews · May 5, 2006, 07:42 AM

I recently partitioned my HD on my Macbook Pro and installed Windows XP Pro. Now here is my issue:

I want an external HD for storage and I want BOTH OSes to be able to read and write from the disk (for backup on OS X and for installing Apps on Windows)

Can I purchase a standard external USB2 HD and format it as FAT32 and have it work how I want.

Thanks

ghporter · May 5, 2006, 08:40 AM

This belongs in the Alternative OS forum...

And as far as I know, your plan should work.

AC Rempt · May 7, 2006, 09:27 PM

And it does work! I have a 320 gig Western Digital Media Center drive that comes formatted in FAT32, and I use it to pass files and folders back and forth between the two OSes. It's also pretty durn quiet, connects via FireWire or USB, and it works as a card reader and a USB hub.

Not bad at all . . .