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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1266747" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>So... when the "collecting disk information" message comes up, is that after you tried to copy some data to it?</p><p></p><p>FAT32 has some limitations, the biggest one being that it can't handle a single file that is 4GB or larger in size. So, if you have a movie file, it will likely error out when you go to copy it. </p><p></p><p>Additionally, Windows imposes a 32GB partition size limitation on FAT32 - so, if you formatted it FAT32 on Windows, your disk size may be a lot smaller than you realized and if you're trying to massively dump data to it, you might see a message like that.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I would just format it NTFS if you need Windows compatibility. The Mac can natively read NTFS, or you can use one of several add-ons to add write support. My personal favorite is <a href="http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/" target="_blank">Paragon NTFS</a>. There are some free alternatives also, like <a href="http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/" target="_blank">MacFUSE</a> with NTFS3G, although I have had some negative experience with it in the past.</p><p></p><p>And finally, Mac OS X has latent some built-in native R/W support, but it is not enabled by default by Apple because it is still under development. You can activate it by using <a href="http://ntfsmounter.com/" target="_blank">NTFS Mounter</a>.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1266747, member: 24098"] So... when the "collecting disk information" message comes up, is that after you tried to copy some data to it? FAT32 has some limitations, the biggest one being that it can't handle a single file that is 4GB or larger in size. So, if you have a movie file, it will likely error out when you go to copy it. Additionally, Windows imposes a 32GB partition size limitation on FAT32 - so, if you formatted it FAT32 on Windows, your disk size may be a lot smaller than you realized and if you're trying to massively dump data to it, you might see a message like that. Personally, I would just format it NTFS if you need Windows compatibility. The Mac can natively read NTFS, or you can use one of several add-ons to add write support. My personal favorite is [URL="http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/"]Paragon NTFS[/URL]. There are some free alternatives also, like [URL="http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/"]MacFUSE[/URL] with NTFS3G, although I have had some negative experience with it in the past. And finally, Mac OS X has latent some built-in native R/W support, but it is not enabled by default by Apple because it is still under development. You can activate it by using [URL="http://ntfsmounter.com/"]NTFS Mounter[/URL]. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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