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Re: Formatting NTFS/Fat32
The 30 Gig limit you are thinking of is largest drive size that Windows will format a disk in FAT32. Yes, Windows can read drives that are formated in FAT32 that are larger, but Windows itself will only format 32 Gig. That's something silly Microsoft decided upon, but there are other programs that format them larger. I believe that Mac can too, but I've never done one that large, but Windows iPods are FAT32, and they goto 160 Gig, so the Mac must be able to do it.
Anywho, if you want to use these drives on the Mac and Windows, you need to format them FAT32. If you are only going to use them on the Mac, then format them HFS+. What I'd do if it were me is to take the unformatted 200 Gig drive and put it in an enclosure, and format it with the Mac as FAT32. Then copy all the info off of the 300 Gig drive to it and the Mini's drive. Now reformat it with the Mac as FAT32. Now copy all the info off of the 500 Gig drive to the 300 Gig drive and the Mini's drive. Then format the 500 Gig as FAT32 with the Mac, and then move the files to what ever drive you want to. I've done similar types of things with my Mac, only I reformatted the drives as HFS+ as they were going to be Mac only.
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