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post #1 of 5
8/24/06 at 6:36pm
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basically just wondering if all i have thats read/write comp. with the two OS's is fat32?

i see osx can read ntfs, but not write. i know xp can be made to read HFS, but im not looking to change anything.

just looking to do some backing up of files and be able to read/write them. i know fat32 has its limits, which would be a slight bother since i have a few 4gb sized files
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post #2 of 5
8/24/06 at 6:42pm
The FAT systems are the only ones that can be both read and written to out of the box for both systems.

MacOpener and MacDrive will give Windows HFS+ read/write capabilities.
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post #3 of 5
8/24/06 at 6:46pm
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i found them both on google, but i see so many versions.

if they arent free, im just not looking to spend money on it ya know
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post #4 of 5
8/24/06 at 6:50pm
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only main thing i see is fat32 cannot be formatted above 32gb during initial install of XP.

does this mean i can go higher for fat32 for just a backup partition?
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post #5 of 5
8/25/06 at 1:06am
If you can format the partition with a Win 98 bootdisk you can format any size disk. The 32 gig limit is an artificial one imposed by MS.
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