Dave,
I have never done this with an external HDD, but I have done that many
times with internal ones. You can have multiple partitions on a drive.
In this case, you'll have two partitions, one with Mac file system, the
other one with NTFS. But that will not allow you easy sharing files
between the two systems. Those would be two separate "compartments", one
for each type of systems.
(Strictly speaking, you can access NTFS from Mac, but read only, IIRC. And
there are probably some tools on Windows that can allow you some access
to the Mac file.)
If the HDD is 2TB or smaller, you can have it formatted as "FAT"
filesystem (which you called MS-DOS), - and then it will be
accessible by both Mac and PC.
To create two separate partitions, you'd need first to partition the HDD.
Under Windows, you can use the built-in "Disk Management" tool.
http://www.howtogeek.com/101862/how-to-manage-partitions-on-windows-without-downloading-any-other-software/
I haven't used one on Mac, but here is the description of it:
http://www.howtogeek.com/212836/how-to-use-your-macs-disk-utility-to-partition-wipe-repair-restore-and-copy-drives/
(I hope it's correct.)
Once you created two partitions on your external HDD (Don't make a
mistake, and don't mess up your internal drive!), format each partition in
its respective system.
It might not matter, but I'd recommend the first partition for Windows,
the second for Mac.
Actually, the workflow I'd suggest should be:
1. In Windows, use the Disk Management tool, and create the first
partition of the desired size.
2. Format it (within the same Disk Management tool) as NTFS.
3. "Disconnect" the HDD, connect to Mac
4. Create the second partition under Mac, using the Mac tool.
5. Format that as a Mac parition.
Hope this helps,
Igor
David J Brooks Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:11:45 -0800 wrote:
I'm looking at setting up an external as both PC and Mac partitions. I
have done a search but most of what i found was formatting in msdos
format and then can be used to swap computers. Is there a way to have
2 portions 1 windows and 1 mac only
Dave
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