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I have a Maxtor One-Touch 250GB external drive, which was originally used with PCs running XP.
It is formatted for MS DOS (FAT32) and shows it has a total capacity of 152GB, of which 2.7GB is used by files currently stored there.
My question is simple. Is this the best file format for a drive connected to an iBook running Tiger?
If not, how should I re-format the drive to give me something closer to the 250GB that should be available?
Are there tools in OS X which can do it for me? Or can someone walk me through the process in words of one syllable?
I would be very grateful.
Thanks a lot...
It is formatted for MS DOS (FAT32) and shows it has a total capacity of 152GB, of which 2.7GB is used by files currently stored there.
My question is simple. Is this the best file format for a drive connected to an iBook running Tiger?
If not, how should I re-format the drive to give me something closer to the 250GB that should be available?
Are there tools in OS X which can do it for me? Or can someone walk me through the process in words of one syllable?
I would be very grateful.
Thanks a lot...