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<blockquote data-quote="NPuter" data-source="post: 539346" data-attributes="member: 34479"><p>what do you mean by 'you can only read an external hard drive that is NTFS'?</p><p>Both mac and windows read FAT32 with no problems</p><p>reformatting your drive to the more compatable FAT32 filesystem would cause you to loose whatever data is on it, so here is what I would do...</p><p></p><p>1) create a backup of all of the files on the drive to windows or osx (remember osx can read NTFS, but it can't write to it)</p><p>2) reformat the drive to FAT32 in osx using my instructions: <u><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=521912#post521912" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=521912#post521912</a></u></p><p>3) transfer the files you backed up back to the drive</p><p>presto... you now have a newly converted FAT32 drive with all your old files on it</p><p></p><p>so you basically have the steps right, and your drive is definitely not 'done for.'</p><p>Hope this Helps!</p><p></p><p>EDIT: oh... I finally realized what you ment by "I can only read an external hard drive that is NTFS" -ok now it makes sense</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NPuter, post: 539346, member: 34479"] what do you mean by 'you can only read an external hard drive that is NTFS'? Both mac and windows read FAT32 with no problems reformatting your drive to the more compatable FAT32 filesystem would cause you to loose whatever data is on it, so here is what I would do... 1) create a backup of all of the files on the drive to windows or osx (remember osx can read NTFS, but it can't write to it) 2) reformat the drive to FAT32 in osx using my instructions: [U][URL]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=521912#post521912[/URL][/U] 3) transfer the files you backed up back to the drive presto... you now have a newly converted FAT32 drive with all your old files on it so you basically have the steps right, and your drive is definitely not 'done for.' Hope this Helps! EDIT: oh... I finally realized what you ment by "I can only read an external hard drive that is NTFS" -ok now it makes sense [/QUOTE]
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