Sean
I want to format my 500GB External Hard Drive
I'm using a mac to format & partition it.
I want 2 Partitions:
A: 30GB dedicated to the transfer of files between PC and Mac
B: 470GB storage for my mac
What way should I do this and what file systems should I use?
Answer
First of all, you won't be able to use entire 500GB space on this drive. You will most likely be able to use only 465GB, so plan accordingly.
Now, create the partition for transferring files between PC & MAC
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Plug it in the PC
Right click on "My Computer" and select "Manage"
Click on "Disk management"
If you see any partition already created, right click on it and select "Delete" to delete all partitions.
You will see on the left the actual size you can use out of 500GB.
Right click on the "Unallocated Space" and click on "Create partition". Keep it as "Primary"
Type in the size for this drive. 1GB = 1024MB
Make sure you format this as "NTFS" (FAT32 does not support single files size above 4GB)
After that, take your hard drive to MAC and format the remaining space left on the drive.
Click on Go > Utilities
At last, download and install the software from link bellow. This will allow you to read/ write the partition you created in PC earlier in MAC.
http://download.cnet.com/NTFS-3G/3000-2094_4-10913782.html
First of all, you won't be able to use entire 500GB space on this drive. You will most likely be able to use only 465GB, so plan accordingly.
Now, create the partition for transferring files between PC & MAC
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Plug it in the PC
Right click on "My Computer" and select "Manage"
Click on "Disk management"
If you see any partition already created, right click on it and select "Delete" to delete all partitions.
You will see on the left the actual size you can use out of 500GB.
Right click on the "Unallocated Space" and click on "Create partition". Keep it as "Primary"
Type in the size for this drive. 1GB = 1024MB
Make sure you format this as "NTFS" (FAT32 does not support single files size above 4GB)
After that, take your hard drive to MAC and format the remaining space left on the drive.
Click on Go > Utilities
At last, download and install the software from link bellow. This will allow you to read/ write the partition you created in PC earlier in MAC.
http://download.cnet.com/NTFS-3G/3000-2094_4-10913782.html
what external hard drive works with the PS3?
SLiCK
ive been looking for an external hard drive the will work with the ps3 and havent found any luck...does anyone know what brand will work????
Answer
Any external drive will work, all that you need to do is format it so that the file type is the same as the PS3's which is FAT32, if you have a PC the drives format is NTFS which is what most external drives come with. I had to format my external drive to FAT32 I used this program t do it since Win7 PC's don't have the option to convert to FAT32 http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html
Any external drive will work, all that you need to do is format it so that the file type is the same as the PS3's which is FAT32, if you have a PC the drives format is NTFS which is what most external drives come with. I had to format my external drive to FAT32 I used this program t do it since Win7 PC's don't have the option to convert to FAT32 http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html
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