Hardrive format for Mac, Windows and PS3

[rarrcore]

Hi Guys

My first post, i've googled this and searched the forums but had no luck!

I'm trying to work out how to format my external hardrive so my MacBook Pro, Windows and PS3 can all have read and view access.

If it can't be done can this be done:

MacBook Pro: Read and View Access
Windows: View Only Access
PS3: View Only Access

My external hardrive is WD 500gb Passport and i'm running Snow Leopard

Any help will be much appreciated!

Thanks

 

[spinnerlys]

FAT32, but no file can be bigger than 4GB.

http://guides.macrumors.com/File_systems


FAT32 can be read and written to by Windows and Mac OS X.

Btw, read and view are the same regarding file system capabilities.

 

[rarrcore]

Ahhh I meant read and write***

Will the PS3 read FAT32?

 

[spinnerlys]

Ahhh I meant read and write***

Will the PS3 read FAT32?

As far as I found, yes. NTFS is a no-go.

Btw, you can use MRoogle to search these forums.

 

[Hellhammer]

Ahhh I meant read and write***

Will the PS3 read FAT32?

Yeah, it can read and write FAT32 but AFAIK not other formats

 

[rarrcore]

Thanks Guys

I'll do this tonight when i get home from work

I'm guessing i can do this via Disk Utility?

Shall i transfer all my data onto another hardrive before i format it?

Thanks again

 

[spinnerlys]

Thanks Guys

I'll do this tonight when i get home from work

I'm guessing i can do this via Disk Utility?

Shall i transfer all my data onto another hardrive before i format it?

Thanks again

Yes, Disk Utility calls FAT32 "MS-DOS file system". And yes, copy all your data from the HDD to another, all data, as formatting an HDD erases the data on it which can only be recovered by a third party solution that costs 99USD at least.

 

[rarrcore]

It worked! Thanks guys