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Originally posted by stomachmonkey

Just get a big external firewire drive and format FAT 32. Macs can read/write FAT but can only read NTFS.

You can generally find dual interface USB/Firewire drives in plus 200 GB capacity for $150.

Stay away from those Western Digital "Book" drives. I have had trouble with them as well as other people I know.
Ok, thanks for the tip about the WD book drives - I was just looking at them this morning. I can get anywhere between 250 and 320GB for under $200, which is amazing.

If I format FAT32 on WinXP, then hook it up to the Mac, it'll read/write ok? Or should I format it on the Mac?

What about then pluggin it into WinXP after everything's been dumped from the Mac? Will Windows read it ok?

Thanks again!
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