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re-format USB HDD without data loss
Name: nicko113 Date: October 3, 2007 at 22:57:23 Pacific OS: XP sp2/MAC OS 10.4.10 CPU/Ram: 1gb/2ghz dual core
Comment:
Hey guys.
I apologise if this question (or similar) has been asked before. I looked at search but didnt help me. I have a 1TB usb hard drive. It is in NTFS format. I need to get it into FAT32 so my shiny new macbook can read/write from the drive. Is this possible without losing any data? I have no where to store the amount of data i have on it temporarily while i format it. Can anyone help? cheers
Name: alexanrs Date: October 4, 2007 at 07:22:29 Pacific
Reply:
Just FYI, this is completly DOS unrelated, but I'll help you anyway. You'll need Norton (used to be PowerQuest) Partition Magic, which is not free, but is the only good software I know that is able to do your conversion without data loss.
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Response Number 2
Name: ausjohnny Date: October 14, 2007 at 23:02:16 Pacific
Reply:
Is it MacOS X? Try "mount -t ntfs /dev/hda /mount/point"
replace /dev/hda with whatever it is for your hard disk and /mount/point with a mount point.
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