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What format to give an external Hard Drive?
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<blockquote data-quote="Justin" data-source="post: 329413" data-attributes="member: 25120"><p>What is the advantage of HFS+?</p><p>And, wen I open the drive with disc utility, I do not see a "format" option, but do see an "erase" option. Under that it looks like I can choose a format ("volume format" dropdown menu) but they are all "Mac OS extended" etc, I cannot see FAT 32. So how do I format in FAT32 (or HFS+)?</p><p></p><p>And for example if I wanted to use FAT32 and a little of it for HFS+, do i need to partition the drive now, or can I make it all FAT32, use it for a while, and while there is still a lot of space left, make a new partition?</p><p></p><p>Thank very much!</p><p>Justin</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Justin, post: 329413, member: 25120"] What is the advantage of HFS+? And, wen I open the drive with disc utility, I do not see a "format" option, but do see an "erase" option. Under that it looks like I can choose a format ("volume format" dropdown menu) but they are all "Mac OS extended" etc, I cannot see FAT 32. So how do I format in FAT32 (or HFS+)? And for example if I wanted to use FAT32 and a little of it for HFS+, do i need to partition the drive now, or can I make it all FAT32, use it for a while, and while there is still a lot of space left, make a new partition? Thank very much! Justin [/QUOTE]
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