Macbook - External Hardrive problem

Blagger · Blagger #1 (**permalink**)

07-05-2007, 10:17 AM

Ive bought a external hardrive for my macbook but i want to use it on both mac and pc, is this possible? If so how do i do it? When i had it formatted to windows i couldnt add stuff from my mac and then i formatted it to mac and now windows cant see it.

BlackCivic · BlackCivic #2 (**permalink**)

07-05-2007, 11:01 AM

i have a external drive and it was formatted first to use windows with an ntfs partition.. i hooked it up to my mac and no problems there

cwa107 · cwa107 #3 (**permalink**)

07-05-2007, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blagger

Ive bought a external hardrive for my macbook but i want to use it on both mac and pc, is this possible? If so how do i do it? When i had it formatted to windows i couldnt add stuff from my mac and then i formatted it to mac and now windows cant see it.

When you go to format it, do it using Disk Utility on the Mac. From the Volume Format list, under the Erase tab, choose "MS-DOS". It will them work on both the PC and the Mac.

Blagger · Blagger #4 (**permalink**)

07-05-2007, 11:28 AM

Thanks mate ill try it out

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Blagger #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 19, 2007 Posts: 15	07-05-2007, 10:17 AM Ive bought a external hardrive for my macbook but i want to use it on both mac and pc, is this possible? If so how do i do it? When i had it formatted to windows i couldnt add stuff from my mac and then i formatted it to mac and now windows cant see it.
	QUOTE Thanks

BlackCivic #2 (permalink)
Member Since: May 23, 2007 Posts: 174 Mac Specs: 13" white 2.16Ghz, 2Gb ram, 120gb hd	07-05-2007, 11:01 AM i have a external drive and it was formatted first to use windows with an ntfs partition.. i hooked it up to my mac and no problems there
	QUOTE Thanks

Blagger #4 (permalink)
Member Since: May 19, 2007 Posts: 15	07-05-2007, 11:28 AM Thanks mate ill try it out
	QUOTE Thanks

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