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<blockquote data-quote="MacHeadCase" data-source="post: 411994"><p>Welcome to Mac-Forums, mattd.</p><p></p><p>Well you partially found the answer. From the kernelthread.com's <a href="http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_fs.html" target="_blank"><strong>Mac OS X Filesystems</strong></a>:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you absolutely need the external HD to be read/write for a Mac and a WinBox too, you will probably have to reformat it as FAT32. If the external is only for your Mac then you will need to reformat it as HFS+.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacHeadCase, post: 411994"] Welcome to Mac-Forums, mattd. Well you partially found the answer. From the kernelthread.com's [URL="http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_fs.html"][B]Mac OS X Filesystems[/B][/URL]: If you absolutely need the external HD to be read/write for a Mac and a WinBox too, you will probably have to reformat it as FAT32. If the external is only for your Mac then you will need to reformat it as HFS+. [/QUOTE]
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