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    Partitioning to NTFS on a Mac

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Dave181, Jan 2, 2008.

  1. Dave181

    Dave181 Newbie

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    Hello All,

    I have a 2.4Ghz Santa Rosa Macbook Pro running Leopard and have Windows XP installed on a 10GB FAT32 Partition on my MBP's hard-drive.

    I have a 500GB external hard-drive that I have formatted and partitioned to the following volumes in Disk Utility:

    1) 128.56GB Mac OS Extended Journaled (For extra storage)
    2) 277.36GB Mac OS Extended Journaled for Time Machine
    3) 59.74GB FAT32 for Games in Windows

    My question is, since there are limitations with FAT32 over 32GB, and I wasn't able to create a NTFS partition in Disk Utility, then how could I change my 59.74GB FAT32 Partition to NTFS without affecting the other partitions on the hard-drive?

    Thanks,
    David
     
    Dave181, Jan 2, 2008
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  2. cashmonee

    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    You should be able to see that FAT32 partition and use Windows to do it.
     
    cashmonee, Jan 2, 2008
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  3. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

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    Yeah, you should be able to format the partition as NTFS in Windows. Here is a Guide.
     
    Xander, Jan 2, 2008
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