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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 709704" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>When partitioning the external HD, do not specify GUID. Just partition and format as MSDOS. That will yield three partitions formatted to FAT-32.</p><p></p><p>If you want to use one of those partitions (500 Gb) for backing up your Mac, it should be formatted to HFS+.</p><p></p><p>Any partition formatted to FAT-32 will be common to both OS X and Windows. In other words, you can transfer files and folders between both operating systems and\or machines. But keep in mind - FAT-32 file limitation is ~4 Gb so if you have large files (video, movies) they can not be stored on the drive.</p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 709704, member: 46727"] When partitioning the external HD, do not specify GUID. Just partition and format as MSDOS. That will yield three partitions formatted to FAT-32. If you want to use one of those partitions (500 Gb) for backing up your Mac, it should be formatted to HFS+. Any partition formatted to FAT-32 will be common to both OS X and Windows. In other words, you can transfer files and folders between both operating systems and\or machines. But keep in mind - FAT-32 file limitation is ~4 Gb so if you have large files (video, movies) they can not be stored on the drive. Regards. [/QUOTE]
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