OS 10.5 - WIndows not seeing all the space on OSX volume

tlhintoq · tlhintoq #1 (**permalink**)

06-04-2009, 03:57 PM

MacPro (10.5.7) with multiple drives.
One of them is a terrabyte (980 gig formated) with 580 gig available. FAT32 to be as compatible with both OSes as possible.

This one is shared and visible to the rest of my household computers.
Except that WinXP and Win7 see this drive has having 2.80 gig available.

A 300gig FAT32 drive with 144gig free is showing as 4.00kb free to Windows across the network.

I don't have this issue with my xServe/xRAID (10.4.9) with volumes as big as 5 tb. So I'm thinking its not an issue with Windows not working well with large volumes over a network.

Anyone else ever see this type of behavior?

tlhintoq · tlhintoq #2 (**permalink**)

06-05-2009, 08:26 PM

Well... Silly me. I figured FAT32 being a Windows file system would be the best to use on a drive being shared between the two systems. I was wrong.

Mac sees the FAT drive with 400+ gig free. Windows won't move an 8 gig file to it because there isn't enough room.

Yet a MacOS extended drive with 250gig free is seen just fine by Windows across the network. Go figure.

Guess that means I move 500gig off the tb drive.. format the TB to MacOS, move the files back, then share it.

bobtomay · bobtomay #3 (**permalink**)

06-05-2009, 08:51 PM

You could not move an 8GB file to a FAT32 partition as it will not accept files larger than 4GB.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Running Windows on a Mac: A Switcher's Guide	cwa107	Running Windows (or anything else) on your Mac	276	04-20-2013 11:28 PM
Missing HDD space after bootcamp erased the Windows partition!!!	MacMiranda	Running Windows (or anything else) on your Mac	1	04-08-2010 02:00 PM
Data Partition: Using a FAT32 Partition to exchange data between Mac and Windows XP	MartinT	Running Windows (or anything else) on your Mac	9	11-12-2009 02:56 AM
Can bootcamp partitions of Windows share (Editable) files with OSX?	Xathian	OS X - Apps and Games	3	06-11-2008 03:58 AM

OS 10.5 - WIndows not seeing all the space on OSX volume

Internet Services

Web Development

Digital Marketing

Consumer Tech

tlhintoq #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 04, 2009 Posts: 2	06-04-2009, 03:57 PM MacPro (10.5.7) with multiple drives. One of them is a terrabyte (980 gig formated) with 580 gig available. FAT32 to be as compatible with both OSes as possible. This one is shared and visible to the rest of my household computers. Except that WinXP and Win7 see this drive has having 2.80 gig available. A 300gig FAT32 drive with 144gig free is showing as 4.00kb free to Windows across the network. I don't have this issue with my xServe/xRAID (10.4.9) with volumes as big as 5 tb. So I'm thinking its not an issue with Windows not working well with large volumes over a network. Anyone else ever see this type of behavior?
	QUOTE Thanks

tlhintoq #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 04, 2009 Posts: 2	06-05-2009, 08:26 PM Well... Silly me. I figured FAT32 being a Windows file system would be the best to use on a drive being shared between the two systems. I was wrong. Mac sees the FAT drive with 400+ gig free. Windows won't move an 8 gig file to it because there isn't enough room. Yet a MacOS extended drive with 250gig free is seen just fine by Windows across the network. Go figure. Guess that means I move 500gig off the tb drive.. format the TB to MacOS, move the files back, then share it.
	QUOTE Thanks

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)