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FW HD that works on PCs and Macs
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jeronimo
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Aug 1, 2002, 07:54 AM
 
Hello everybody,

I just got a job where I need to transfer huge video files from my G4 to a Wintel machine... is this possible to be done with a FW drive? Which one should I get? Any other comments on this?
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Aug 1, 2002, 02:46 PM
 
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by jeronimo:
<strong>Hello everybody,

I just got a job where I need to transfer huge video files from my G4 to a Wintel machine... is this possible to be done with a FW drive? Which one should I get? Any other comments on this?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">The drive itself doesn't matter...you'll just have to format it in a PC-compatible format.
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Aug 4, 2002, 11:50 AM
 
So, I just need to format the HD on the PC, then it'll be readable by both machines? Sounds good to me...
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Aug 4, 2002, 04:07 PM
 
Originally posted by jeronimo:
So, I just need to format the HD on the PC, then it'll be readable by both machines? Sounds good to me...
I was thinking the reverse (formatting it on the Mac), but basically, yes. A DOS-formatted drive should mount fine under OS X or 9. It may result in slower transfers, though.
     
   
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