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greenangel   09-23-2009 at 09:50:15 PM

I need Windows XP for my school classes. I have an iMac. I want to buy a mybook and use it to expand my storage, which is full of video. I will have to partition. I have done this once or twice, but I never really understood what I was doing. The question is, do I put the XP on the mybook, or on my hard drive? and how should I partition everything? I am learning about these things in my classes, but I know just enough to be dangerous!!

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evongugg   09-24-2009 at 02:50:11 PM

Put XP on the hard drive.

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_d [...] amp_1.html

The mybook should be partitioned in a way that both Mac and Windows can read at the same time. Ext2 is a good way. You can format the mybook NTFS and install a driver for NTFS on the Mac.


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greenangel   09-25-2009 at 02:42:09 PM

thanks!! the mybook did not give me much choice when i went to format. it said i could leave it at fat32, or choose extended with or without journaling. i understand extended, but not journaling/

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