SC300
i just bought a iomega 1TB external hard drive...my friend is giving me all his music, but is it even possible to put mp3s from a apple into a external hard drive and then use it with windows???
Posté Thu 25 Jun 09 @ 1:11 pm
drzinc
A file is a file so a mp3 will play on both Mac or Windows. But... are you shure they are in mp3 and not itunes mp4 which are protected and can not be transfered or used on more than one computer.
Posté Thu 25 Jun 09 @ 1:42 pm
Andrew87
Yes, http://hem.bredband.net/catacombae/hfsx.html (only IF the drive is HFS(+) formatted, which is the standard MAC format). Otherwise, the drive is probably FAT(32) formatted, Windows will read that just fine.
Posté Thu 25 Jun 09 @ 2:17 pm
acw_dj
When you are going to share an external hard disk with Mac based Computers and Windows based ones, you need to have those hard drives in a format that both can read. So FAT32 works for those 2. You have to be sure your 1TB hard disk is formated in FAT32. If it is not in FAT32, just format in FAT32 using windows PC.
Good Luck!
Posté Thu 25 Jun 09 @ 3:45 pm
Blulite
hmmm diddnt know that! fat32 eh??? thats my new thing i learned today. :D
Posté Thu 25 Jun 09 @ 4:49 pm
Andrew87
acw_dj wrote :
You have to be sure your 1TB hard disk is formated in FAT32. If it is not in FAT32, just format in FAT32 using windows PC.
After using the program I posted to backup all the contents ;-)
Posté Thu 25 Jun 09 @ 6:13 pm