Acomdata m-hdxxxupe5-72 User Manual
Choosing a File System
If you plan to use the Drive only on Windows XP or 2000, we
recommend re-formatting the Drive with the NTFS file system.
If you plan to use the Drive only on a Mac, we recommend
If you plan to use the Drive only on a Mac, we recommend
re-formatting the Drive with one of the Mac OS Extended file
systems (HFS Plus).
Re-formatting the Drive with the FAT32 file system
If you ever need to re-format the Drive but you want to maintain
If you ever need to re-format the Drive but you want to maintain
Mac and PC compatibility, you have two options:
1. Format the Drive on a Windows PC with the FAT file system.
. Format the Drive on Mac OS 10. or later with the MS-DOS file
. Format the Drive on Mac OS 10. or later with the MS-DOS file
system. (MS-DOS is equivalent to FAT on the PC.)