NTFS to FAT32

Hello Friends,

I would like to format my 320 gb Hard disk from NTFS to FAT 32 so that i can use it wisely on MAC as well as on Windows. But before doing that I would like to know the pros and cons of doing it and if there is any other way around. Please share your view on it ASAP.

thanks & regards

Priyank

Macbook Pro 13' 2.3 Ghz Intel core i5, 4 GB 1333 Mhz DDR3.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Aug 22, 2011 1:51 AM

Aug 22, 2011 9:41 AM in response to dmdimon

Use:

1. ExFAT for non-Mac bootable but Mac 10.6.5 read/write hard drives that can boot XP SP 2 or higher.

2. FAT32 for non-Mac bootable, but any Mac OS read/writable 4 GB and under drives you can use with any version of Windows to boot Windows.

3. NTFS for non-Mac bootable, but any Mac OS read-only without third party software larger hard drives you can use with any version of Windows to boot Windows.

4. HFS+/GUID to boot Intel Macs, but not boot Windows, and not be readable by PowerPC Macs (pre-2006). Macdrive needed to read from Windows without a network.

5. HFS+/Apple Partition Map /Journaled to boot PowerPC Macs with 10.2.3 or later if the Mac is older than the operating system, but not Windows. Macdrive needed to read from Windows without a network.

6. HFS+/Apple Partition Map/not Journaled to boot any PowerPC Mac with Mac OS 8.1 or later if the Mac is older than the operating system, but not Windows. Macdrive needed to read from Windows without a network.

7. HFS Standard to boot Mac OS 8.0 or earlier Macs. Macdrive needed to read from Windows without a network.

You are only likely to run into 1 through 4 today. Very rarely will 5 - 7 appear.