I'm new to Mac! Been reading all the books and newsgroups about this one -
if a USB hard drive is formatted as FAT32 and loaded with PC files, can it
be read by a Mac - OSX Panther?

(Don't ask me to try it - haven't received it the Powerbook yet, but am
buying peripherals for it and getting ready for the migration from PC to
OSX.)

- Pierre

In article <T99Db.14577$JW3.10378@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
"Pierre" <pv@vonkaenel.net> wrote:

> I'm new to Mac! Been reading all the books and newsgroups about this one -
> if a USB hard drive is formatted as FAT32 and loaded with PC files, can it
> be read by a Mac - OSX Panther?
>
> (Don't ask me to try it - haven't received it the Powerbook yet, but am
> buying peripherals for it and getting ready for the migration from PC to
> OSX.)
>
> - Pierre
>
>

Welcome to the happy side!
If you're having a problem with something on the Mac, don't think too
hard... that was my biggest problem coming from the Windows world.

Macs can read PC disks without any problems.

Enjoy!

I am assuming that a USB drive currently formatted as NTFS is *not* readable
by a Mac - right? Not a big deal for me, I can always reformat as FAT32
(using Partition Magic will maintain the files on the disk). But if NTFS is
readable, that's an extra plus. Anyone know?


"Gary W. McIntyre" <gwmcintyre@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:gwmcintyre-B5084F.23594714122003@nr-tor01.bellnexxia.net...
> In article <T99Db.14577$JW3.10378@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
> "Pierre" <pv@vonkaenel.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm new to Mac! Been reading all the books and newsgroups about this
one -
> > if a USB hard drive is formatted as FAT32 and loaded with PC files, can
it
> > be read by a Mac - OSX Panther?
> >
> > (Don't ask me to try it - haven't received it the Powerbook yet, but am
> > buying peripherals for it and getting ready for the migration from PC to
> > OSX.)
> >
> > - Pierre
> >
> >
>
> Welcome to the happy side!
> If you're having a problem with something on the Mac, don't think too
> hard... that was my biggest problem coming from the Windows world.
>
> Macs can read PC disks without any problems.
>
> Enjoy!