Hi, First, why not use ExFAT format which allows for a much larger file size and readable by both platforms. Second, theoretically you could do what you’re asking, at least on a Mac with Disk Utility. I’ve only done this with MacOS Extended Journaled partitions with GUID Partition Map schemes though, so, I’m not positive that it will work with your setup. Mac does read NTFS partitions but it cannot create a NTFS partition, thus, I don’t believe that you’ll be able to accomplish this using regular MacOS tasks. There may be a utility out there on the net, or maybe it could be done in Windows, but I’m not sure. Sorry for the vague answer.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On May 7, 2015, at 13:03, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: Hello all, Given an external hard drive that has long been used on Windows and has a lot of data on it, and the fact that this drive will need to support Mac and Windows, how might I go about formatting it? I know I'll need to use FAT32, and that this file system imposes a 4GB limit for files. My problem will be reformatting the drive. I don't have a place to store the content to do a complete wipe in one go. Would it be possible to make two partitions, one FAT32 and the other the current NTFS, then move things from one to the other, shrinking the NTFS and expanding the FAT32 as I go? I don't know if that's even remotely possible, and any ideas would be great. Thanks. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
