At 12:49 PM -0500 3/6/05, Walter Knapp wrote:
>From: Rob Danielson <>
>
>. My converted files are
> > made onto my normal FW drive using the MacDrive app that allows the
>> laptop PC to read mac volumes.
>
>Even without MacDrive there is little problem as all macs can handle PC
>formatted disks.
I understrand that they are both FAT 32ish but I've had over a dozen
students lose files by assuming the PC format was fully compatible.
Problems arise when the directory is damaged and it become necessary
to repair it. If the volume is repaired on a PC, it usually will not
mount on a Mac and we've found no way to revert this that will mount
on a PC. Platform exchangeability seems to create more opportunities
for problems than working only on one platform. Most external
firewire drives are PC formatted out of the box.We follow Other World
Computing's suggestions and initialize if not format all new drives
out of the box with OSX disk utility for Mac usage. MacDrive is the
only fairly safe way we've seen to accomodate use on PC and Mac. Rob
D.
>
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