Hello!
So I need a little advice on my external hard drive problem...
...I bought a new (maxtor) external hard and I'm going to use it mostly with my macbook pro but I also know I'm going to need to use it with some PCs from time to time and I know I have this 2 options if I want it to run on both OS:
1) I can format it in FAT and I will be able to read/write bot on mac and windows (XP)...but I'm wondering what are the downsides of FAT, like max. file size or partition size?
2) or I can format it in HFS+ and when I need to use it with windows XP I heard there is a program macdrive7 that enables it to read/write data?
Are there any other solutions I am not aware of? If you have any expirience what are the possible problems like restrictions or incompatibility?
I'm greateful for any kind of advices
P.S. Please excuse my bad english - it's not my native language.
So I need a little advice on my external hard drive problem...
...I bought a new (maxtor) external hard and I'm going to use it mostly with my macbook pro but I also know I'm going to need to use it with some PCs from time to time and I know I have this 2 options if I want it to run on both OS:
1) I can format it in FAT and I will be able to read/write bot on mac and windows (XP)...but I'm wondering what are the downsides of FAT, like max. file size or partition size?
2) or I can format it in HFS+ and when I need to use it with windows XP I heard there is a program macdrive7 that enables it to read/write data?
Are there any other solutions I am not aware of? If you have any expirience what are the possible problems like restrictions or incompatibility?
I'm greateful for any kind of advices
P.S. Please excuse my bad english - it's not my native language.