How to use External HD for both PC&Mac??

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Hi,

I'll be receiving my MBP in a few days and I wanted to prepare my 120GB NetDisk HD to be able to share between my computers...

How do I format it in FAT32 ?
It's not in the format options from Windows XP, there's only NTFS there, does it mean I have to wait t'ill I get the Mac?

Thanks,
Stephan
 
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Not sure how to with a PC. When you get the Mac, mount hte disk, and use Disk Utility to format it as MS/Dos, which is Fat32.
 
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MS has purposely hobbled XP (and Vista) to push NTFS on the world, that is why it is not an option. FAT32 has limitations on a Windows machine that it doesn't have on a Mac.
 

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