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runi · #1 07-28-2005, 01:22 AM

I currently have a Lacie external hard drive for storing and recording. It came as Fat32 formatted. Is that ok ? Will it be different if I format it with my mac ? And will my pc be able to read it then ?

What is the ideal way to set up your hard drive ?

Eric Klinger · #2 07-31-2005, 08:23 PM

I switched from PC to Mac about a year and a half ago. At the time I was using 10.3.2 on a DP 1.8 G5 and a PC - going between the two computers with a FW800 formatted at FAT32 was fine... however, when I connected the drive to my Mac, I only transferred projects to the secondary drive in my Mac, I never actually ran (at the time Nuendo) on a Mac with a FAT32 partition for actual audio recording.

Your PC will not read HFS (Mac format) w/out 3rd party software. So, you will have to keep FAT32.

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