How can i partiton a hard drive for use with mac and windows files?

staunton23 · by **staunton23** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:46 am

I recently bought a WD 1.5 TB hard drive for backign up files on my windows 7 laptop. However i now wish to backup the files on my imac as well. So i am just wondering if there is a way to partition my hard drive so i can use the mac and windows files simultaneously. If there is a way to do this without having to move and/or delete the files currently on the hard drive this would be ideal but i suppose ill have to deal with it if i cant. Just want to be able to put my windows files and my mac files on the hard drive at the same time.
Thanks!

briggebam · by **briggebam** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:50 am

Make sure the drive is formatted in Fat32 format and you can do this. Mac can read NTFS but no write to it.

anshel18 · by **anshel18** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:52 am

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simpson21 · by **simpson21** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:00 am

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Create two partitions.