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can't write external HD
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pptech1
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Jan 21, 2007, 07:53 PM
 
I have a 200GB external, formatted NTFS. If I convert it to FAT32, do I have a size limitation (in GB)?

Plus, how can I do this without losing the data... and aside from making many many CDs to backup the files?
     
mduell
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Jan 21, 2007, 08:15 PM
 
macfuse - Google Code and NTFS-3G Read/Write Driver Home will allow you to read/write NTFS on OSX.

FAT32 is limited to 4GB per file.

The only way I know of to convert from NTFS to FAT32 is with third party software on Windows.
     
   
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