>My buddy just bought his first mac, a dual 1 ghz from an apple store in >north jersey. Can he plug his usb hard drive from his pc into the mac?
I have done this and it works fine and I expect his to work fine also. Different USB implementations may get you in trouble here. My advice is simply plug it in and see what happens (it will probably mount with a funny PC ICON). If it says "I need to format this device", DON"T erase or format it. By the way, USB drives are notoriously slow. The MacOS will also add extra stuff to the file structure similar to the stuff added to DOS floppies. >He's pretty sure it's formatted as fat32. Apple's knowledge base says >that you can attach an internal fat/fat32-formatted drive to the ATA >bus, but it doesn't mention external USB/FireWire drives formatted as >such. NTFS-formatted drives won't work at all, right? -- Larry Blodgett email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
