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bbplayer5
Apr 13, 2007, 03:54 PM
Is there any format I can use for a 300 gig drive, so OSX and Vista via bootcamp can both read and write to it?

Thanks!


vniow
Apr 13, 2007, 03:56 PM
FAT32. As long as you don't store any files over 4GB. Just use Disk Utility instead if Windows for format it and you should be fine.
Bill Gates
Apr 13, 2007, 04:36 PM
If you format it as NTFS, and install the NTFS-3g driver in OS X, you will be able to read and write to it. I have had great results this way.
akadmon
Apr 14, 2007, 12:43 AM
Is there any format I can use for a 300 gig drive, so OSX and Vista via bootcamp can both read and write to it?

Thanks!

Just get MacDrive. It's Windows a program that allows Windows to access mac drives (nomen omen). I have and it works seamlessly.
Bill Gates
Apr 14, 2007, 01:00 AM
Just get MacDrive. It's Windows a program that allows Windows to access mac drives (nomen omen). I have and it works seamlessly.
That is one way to do it, but it would probably best to try either FAT32 or NTFS-3g first, since both are free whereas MacDrive is $49.95.