Wanting to format a partition from NTFS to FAT32

[Alvi]

Hi, i have a 500GB HDD which has two 250GB partitions, one which is working for time machine, and another one for storage, that one for storage is NTFS, so i can just read but not write files, which is very annoying.

Can i just reformat that partition without loosing my time machine files? I already copied the Storage files to my internal HDD, also which is the best format? I want to be able to read/write stuff both on PC and Mac

Is there a way to copy my Time Machine files to my computer, reformat that partition too to FAT32 and pass them back?

 

[cubeeggs]

1. Yes. Use Disk Utility.
2. No. Time Machine requires HFS+.

 

[Alvi]

Thanks, now, disk utility just has Mac OS Extended formats and MS-DOS (FAT)
Which one should i take?

 

[Alvi]

Thanks! MS-DOS (FAT) means FAT32, no idea why they don't just say it

 

[XBOXerDOG]

You can use DiskUtilities to format each part separately
Don't touch your partition HFS for time machine
Format the second part if you want...

I have used Paragon soft to read write delete on NTFS external hard drive formatted (windows xp) on my MAC.

but Fat32 is good as well..