Converting 1TB external HD from ntfs to fat?

[dhartlen]

Hi!

While I await my first MBA to arrive, I have been doing some reading and I think that I may have a glitch.

Most of my data is stored on a 1TB drive that is currently formatted as ntfs. Do I need to convert this to fat (or fat32?) in order to use it on both machines in the future.

If so, is there a way to do this without losing any data?

 

[GGJstudios]

No, you don't need to reformat the drive:

NTFS (Windows NT File System)

• Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
• Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write/Format NTFS from Leopard or Snow Leopard: Install MacFUSE and NTFS-3G. You can install both with NTFS-3G for Mac OS X.
• Maximum volume size: 256TB

 

[dhartlen]

This helps a lot. Thank you from a soon-to-be-newb.

Cheers!