USB 2.0 Ext. HD, for both osx and XP?

benneh

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I recently purchased a 500gb (465gib) WD USB2.0 external drive with the intention of using it to transfer huge DV and HD video files after capturing from cameras between different machines.
My problem is that the various machines use different operating systems. So, I figured I would just format to fat32, and then both windows and osx would be able to write to the drive. Then someone reminded me of the 4GB filesize limit for fat32.. Bummer!, this renders the idea useless, because I'm dealing with 20-30gb files. Am I missing something really obvious?.
 
Ah, I neglected to mention my other problem :(.

I may not have the option to install additional software o the editing machines that I'm using (other than my home workstation).

Also, if I COULD. Do programs such as linked above slow the transfer process down terribly (over USB2)?.

Thanks for the reply chap :).
 
BeatMaster said:
Well if you own the Mac and the rest of the machines are OS X then how about NTFS 3G Driver :) Haven't tried it but should work.
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I own an XP machine, but I'll be using both apple and pc here and there (probably 8 machines fairly regularly). Seems the only solution will be software installs :).

Cheers for the help guys.
 
badbob said:
A NAS? Doesn't matter what computer you use- Linux, Microsoft or Apple.
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Impractical cost per Gb and nowhere near fast enough unless he bought one that supported gigabit (and they are few and far between and every machine he used would need a gigabit card - unlikely).
 
isnt the FAT32 max formatting limit in windows formatting 32GB?

Anyway, Windows XP can read larger FAT32 Partitions

Im sure i have used partition magic to Format large disks in Fat32 in windows.

You can definitely do it as i currently have 2 x 200gb Fat32 drives in a windows xp box

Thinking about it couldnt you just format the disks to FAT32 in Mac osx and away you go

Kempy
 
kempythe2nd said:
isnt the FAT32 max formatting limit in windows formatting 32GB?

Anyway, Windows XP can read larger FAT32 Partitions

Im sure i have used partition magic to Format large disks in Fat32 in windows.

You can definitely do it as i currently have 2 x 200gb Fat32 drives in a windows xp box

Thinking about it couldnt you just format the disks to FAT32 in Mac osx and away you go

Kempy
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Yes, you can use a partition >32GB, but not files >4GB on FAT32.
 
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