NTFS or HFS+ ?

[VaatiKaiba]

My parent's PC died recently, and they're anxious to get all their data off the HD as a precaution. I have a spare external HD, but I need to erase / reformat it, and was wondering which format I should use? Will either of the above allow read/write with both Mac and PC? Or even just PC? I'm using Disk Utility for this...

Thanks!

 

[KingYaba]

NTFS-3G for your Mac. http://www.ntfs-3g.org/

 

[Tallest Skil]

Neither.

PCs can't do anything with HFS+, and Macs can only read NTFS.

If it's going to be a PC, make it NTFS and download MacFUSE on all Macs that will connect (not over a network, that doesn't matter) to it.

If it's going to be a Hackintosh, HFS+, obviously.

 

[RandomKamikaze]

You'll need MacFuse to be able to use NTFS-3G. Google it

 

[VaatiKaiba]

Thanks, just one other quick question: will it make a difference if I use FAT32 when using just a PC? I thought I read something about file sizes, but can't find it now...

 

[Tallest Skil]

Thanks, just one other quick question: will it make a difference if I use FAT32 when using just a PC? I thought I read something about file sizes, but can't find it now...

No files over 4GB can exist.

 

[VaatiKaiba]

Right, thanks for all your help!