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I purchased an Iomega 320 giga HDD (originally formatted HTFS), connected to my PowerPC G4, Mac OS 10.4.1 and wanted to partition in three disks before using it. So I applied the disk Utility and got the partition. Unfortunately all partitions are HFS+ while I would like to get one HFS+ and the other two NTFS for better data exchange with PC's.
Any suggestion? Thanks, Madonap
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Use a PC to format the two as NTFS.
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Originally Posted by madonap 
... one HFS+ and the other two NTFS for better data exchange with PC's. ...
Just to make sure you know: Macs can read NTFS, but can't write to it. If you want a partition to use for data exchange with a PC, you'd be best having an HFS+ for the Mac, NTFS for Windows, and FAT32 as the go between, as both Macs and PCs can read and write to FAT32. If you don't have a FAT32 partition, you're going to be not going to be able to exchange data between the two--your Mac will be able to look at, and copy, data on the NTFS partitions, but the PC won't be able to read the HFS+. As such, you'll only be able to share data one-way.
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Originally Posted by Koralatov
Just to make sure you know: Macs can read NTFS, but can't write to it. If you want a partition to use for data exchange with a PC, you'd be best having an HFS+ for the Mac, NTFS for Windows, and FAT32 as the go between, as both Macs and PCs can read and write to FAT32. If you don't have a FAT32 partition, you're going to be not going to be able to exchange data between the two--your Mac will be able to look at, and copy, data on the NTFS partitions, but the PC won't be able to read the HFS+. As such, you'll only be able to share data one-way.
FAT32 is too limiting for many uses.
You're better off using NTFS for both OSs, and installing macfuse and 3g-ntfs to read/write NTFS in OSX. Another option is to use HFS for both and install MacDrive (or similar) on Windows, but that costs money.
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Originally Posted by mduell
FAT32 is too limiting for many uses.
You're better off using NTFS for both OSs, and installing macfuse and 3g-ntfs to read/write NTFS in OSX. Another option is to use HFS for both and install MacDrive (or similar) on Windows, but that costs money.
I wasn't suggesting a massive partition in FAT32--maybe just a gig or two to act as an intermediary, but I think your idea is better. It involves less copying backward and forth.
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