Comments | thumperto: I need help from a wonderful hot sexy geek

thumperto

I need help from a wonderful hot sexy geek

Apr 22, 2008 23:32

Ok guys I never do this but I need help bad. I just bought a Simpletech external 500GB USB hard drive so I can backup my porn work. The quick instructions on the HD states that if I will be using both Mac OSX and Windows environments, that I should format the drive as a FAT32 Volume, because the drive is preformatted as NTFS. Now, I am running ( Read more... )

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blt4success66 April 23 2008, 04:04:39 UTC

I used to be so proficient about all that, but when you're talking about a Mac environment? I'm not too good.

Good luck.

thumperto April 23 2008, 11:58:17 UTC

thanks! that's ok you can stil be a wonderful hot sexy geek if you want :) hugz

blt4success66 April 23 2008, 12:06:38 UTC

Hmmmm, is that an invitation? *EG*

mrpandabehr April 23 2008, 05:05:06 UTC

I would use an app that is part of Mac OS called "Disk Utility" to do the formating. You can format the drive as MS-DOS (FAT) and it should work in both Windows & Mac.

If you have anymore questions just ask here or IM me.

thumperto April 23 2008, 11:57:21 UTC

thanks man! it appears I may have to make a decision. the size limit on FAT is going to be a factor - as I sometimes work with huge ass movie files. I suppose I can partition the drive, one with NTFS and one with FAT32 but only problem is windows has problems with multiple partitions. So either that or I make a single partition FAT32 drive and keep all my files under 4GB and get a separate drive all together for my huge ass movie files.

thanks alot for your feedback!

mrpandabehr April 23 2008, 12:07:42 UTC

*giggles*

Just remember, once you go FAT, you never go back!

thumperto April 23 2008, 12:09:53 UTC

oh baby FAT is where it's AT. whoever you are! lol.

plaidninja April 23 2008, 05:53:14 UTC

Be forewarned, If you have files that are 4GB or larger that you want to backup you will not be able to copy them onto a drive that has been FAT32 formated regardless of the amount of free drive space.

thumperto April 23 2008, 11:51:37 UTC

file limitations, gotta luv them -- ugh. Even though FAT32 would be best for cross compatability, it's still limited :( thanks for the info!

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thumperto April 23 2008, 13:54:46 UTC

right now I use windows the most (my desktop) however I was thinking of getting an Apple Desktop in the not-so-distant future. I can cater to a preferred OS and just use software like Macdrive for PC and Paragon or MacFuse for Mac to be able to write but my dillema is I don't want to make it more complicated than it already is. I guess I'll just have to keep my files under 4GB and format to FAT32 :(