WD My Book

[smogsy]

im thinking of purchasing the below product:
Western Digital MyBook Studio 750GB USB2.0/eSATA/Firewire 400/Firewire 800 External Hard Drive

WD state
Formatted for Macintosh - Set up with HFS+ Journaled formatting for complete Macintosh compatibility. Software included requires Mac® OS X 10.4.8 or later. Can easily be reformatted for Windows 2000/XP/Vista.

What Format Type is Needed For Windows/Mac Ability?

 

[Silver-Fox]

FAT32 i think

 

[yellow]

http://guides.macrumors.com/Drives_and_Filesystems

 

[roadstarsoul]

I have a mybook studio 500gb. I just found these notes a few minutes ago, and it will be the route I'm taking..

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc...2VhcmNoX2ZubCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1

First yes FAT32 will be the one to go with, and then to use the western digital formatting utility to make a FAT32 partition larger than 128GB. As long as you are on 10.4 or higher you should be able to read it.

 

[Macsleuth]

Hmmm, maybe not

I've got the 500GB and the firewire ports are messed.
I have to RMA it.
I found alot of people complaining about WD.
I had to call WD for support, they were very nice, very helpful.
Just my 2cents.
Gary

 

[roadstarsoul]

I've got the 500GB and the firewire ports are messed.
I have to RMA it.
I found alot of people complaining about WD.
I had to call WD for support, they were very nice, very helpful.
Just my 2cents.
Gary

What was your 500GB formatted to? Please explain more of the problem so we can be aware. Was is just the firewire? or the USB also?

 

[adpeace]

Hfs+

You would only format it as FAT32 if you had to, i.e. if you required compatibility with a Windows system. Otherwise HFS+ is a far better option. Note that if you format as HFS+ you won't find it easy to access the data stored on it from a PC.

 

[Macsleuth]

Fat32

It was fat32, it was only the second firewire port that didn't work.
Found it out when I tried plugging into it.
I'm still using the top port, and the USB works, but the second FW port is dead.
SO I can't daisy chain it.
Which is what I was going to do with my FW Ipod.
Not a big deal, but I'll get it replaced anyways.
Gary

 

[obibobi]

Why not use MacDrive 7 ?

Have HFS+ on the MyBook and MacDrive installed in Windows.

Just remember to use XP 32-bit, I tried Vista 64, but there are no drivers for the MyBook.
When I contacted WD support they told me they never will provide drivers for 64-bit
-"It's not our problem, talk to Microsoft"