OS 10.5 - Fortmat Disk...

polaxgr · polaxgr #1 (**permalink**)

09-03-2009, 01:28 PM

Hey guys...sry for my stupid question, but i m kinda lost , tried searching the internet got found so many answers i cant decide which is the best....i got 2 External HDs , one is 200gb and one 1TB , and i wanna make them compatible with Mac OS, i used to own a PC with windows....which format should i select on Disk Utility ? ( notice that i got files also bigger than 4gb)...thanks so much !

baggss · baggss #2 (**permalink**)

09-03-2009, 01:31 PM

MacOS Extended (Journaled) (I think that's what it is called in Disc Utility) is what you would want to use.

polaxgr · polaxgr #3 (**permalink**)

09-03-2009, 01:37 PM

r u sure ? i saw many peeps talking about MS-DOS (fat)

yea i wanna keep windows compatibility, so i select MS DOS ? what are the differences between those two ? i mean speed/compatibility

baggss · baggss #4 (**permalink**)

09-03-2009, 01:38 PM

You can use MS-DOS if you want to retain Windows compatibility, otherwise there is no reason too.

MS-DOS format will be slightly slower but not by much. You may have an issue with files over 4Gb in size.. That's the breaks.

polaxgr · polaxgr #5 (**permalink**)

09-03-2009, 02:43 PM

well that s.u.cks a bit.......

what should i do , i am in a dilemma

todd51 · todd51 #6 (**permalink**)

09-03-2009, 03:00 PM

You could always keep them NTFS (Windows native) format and use other methods to get read/write access for you Mac:

NTFS-3G: Stable Read/Write NTFS Driver

I have never used that but it looks like it would work fine.

polaxgr · polaxgr #7 (**permalink**)

09-04-2009, 09:23 AM

very much appreciated...it worked...

baggss #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 10, 2004 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 10,306 Mac Specs: 27" 3.4 Ghz i7 iMac-13" C2D Macbook-OSX 18.8.2-64Gb iPad 2-32 Gb iPhone 5-ATV 2-14Tb of Storage	09-03-2009, 01:38 PM You can use MS-DOS if you want to retain Windows compatibility, otherwise there is no reason too. MS-DOS format will be slightly slower but not by much. You may have an issue with files over 4Gb in size.. That's the breaks. Last edited by D3v1L80Y; 12-14-2009 at 09:49 AM.
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polaxgr #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 03, 2009 Posts: 16	09-03-2009, 01:28 PM Hey guys...sry for my stupid question, but i m kinda lost , tried searching the internet got found so many answers i cant decide which is the best....i got 2 External HDs , one is 200gb and one 1TB , and i wanna make them compatible with Mac OS, i used to own a PC with windows....which format should i select on Disk Utility ? ( notice that i got files also bigger than 4gb)...thanks so much !
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baggss #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 10, 2004 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 10,306 Mac Specs: 27" 3.4 Ghz i7 iMac-13" C2D Macbook-OSX 18.8.2-64Gb iPad 2-32 Gb iPhone 5-ATV 2-14Tb of Storage	09-03-2009, 01:31 PM MacOS Extended (Journaled) (I think that's what it is called in Disc Utility) is what you would want to use.
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polaxgr #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 03, 2009 Posts: 16	09-03-2009, 02:43 PM well that s.u.cks a bit....... what should i do , i am in a dilemma
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todd51 #6 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	09-03-2009, 03:00 PM You could always keep them NTFS (Windows native) format and use other methods to get read/write access for you Mac: NTFS-3G: Stable Read/Write NTFS Driver I have never used that but it looks like it would work fine.
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polaxgr #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 03, 2009 Posts: 16	09-04-2009, 09:23 AM very much appreciated...it worked...
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