Win 7 to mac lion: I kno that u can reformat it to work with both system, but i want to kno do u lose ur datas on it after u reformat it?
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If you reformat the drive you'll erase all the present data on it. If it's a brand new drive, just format it for FAT32 and both -Win7 and OS X- can read it. As to the file size limit, there is none.
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As I understand it you have to choose one or the other and stick with it. Reformatting loses data. It will work for either one though, but once you store you are stuck with that format.
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It will work on a mac computer. Check the file system when you get it. If it is NTFS, yes you will have to reformat. If it is fat32 you can use it in the mac straight away. Either way, I would recommend you reformat it to exfat because fat32 has a much smaller file size limitation.
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Aleksei, it works perfectly fine with my win 7 based PC, No noice no problems with overheat, not sure ab. MAC nither if native for it.. definitely native for WIN )))
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You may be able backup the programs only if you know where everything is (Registry entries, Initialization files along with all needed executable/dat files). It wouldn't be a clean install though. I recommend reinstalling the programs on Win 7. As for the Data it will work just fine. Once you have backed up all your data and reinstalled everything, restore your data on the clean system. Then create a new backup with everything (Data and Win 7). It's actually easier than it sounds (the recommended way that is!). I hope this helps.
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I use MS Win and I haven't had any compatibility problem. I don't know about Mac. Perhaps you may need to install the right software or change your accessibility options in your programs. Check with those using mac.
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Yes. It can be reformatted if not in the correct windows format. I only two formats I know are FAT-32 (Mac and pc) and Windows NT (Mac read and PC readwrite).
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I don't have bootcamp set up at the moment but I couldn't see why not. If you format it to run on both windows and mac should be fine?
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The file systems are different. You would need a 3rd party program to accomplish both. If you plug the drive into a PC and save files, MAC will not be able to read it. You can reformat it to MAC or PC. Hope this info answers your question.
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If you format the drive for the Mac, it will NOT be recognized by the PC. This is a limitation of the Windows operating system. It does not recognize Mac formatting. If you format the drive for the PC, though, you will be able to use it on BOTH platforms. Mac OSX will recognize PC formatted drives. You will be able to read and write to the drive from either your Mac OR your PC and transfer files between them. [Note: You will NOT, however, be able to run the PC software that's included with this drive on your Mac, unless you are using a program like Bootcamp or Virtual PC. While OSX will read and write Windows-formatted files, it will NOT run Windows programs on its own without one or another third-party helper programs. Hope this helps - RJLaue
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when i purchased mine it was formatted for mac. In windows i had to format it in disk management to fat32 to work for both mac and windows.
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The one for the Mac, no - it's formatted for Mac only. If you get the Windows version, then it should work for both.
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Yes you can. It would need to be reformatted in order to work with both systems. It's default format is NTFS (Windows friendly, not Mac OS). Using a Windows PC and possibly the Mac you can reformat it to exFAT which will allow read/write on both platforms.
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Fortunately no. I still use an older Mac and OS. There is a comaprison chart at Roaring Apps to see if any other things with Lion/Mountain Lion. Good Luck!
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I just saw that it's Windows 7 you want to go to. It's the same procedure basically. You need to get your data off that system if possible. You'll also need a Windows 7 install disk.
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I don't have a Mac with me, so I'll just give you rough instructions. When you're on the desktop, at the top of your screen, one of the menu drop downs will take you to the disk utility. In there, you should see this disk listed somewhere in the left pane. Click the drive to highlight it, then on the right, you'll have an option to erase/format the disk. I believe you format it to extended journaled or something like that, don't pick case sensitive. After you do that, you should be able to use the drive with your Mac. I believe it's originally formatted to NTFS, which should be useable with OSX as well, but not as fully compatible, though it would also work with Windows. If you want good compatibility between the two operating systems, you can format it to FAT32, I believe those are better compatible. I haven't had much time with Macs, so not 100% sure on that, but you can give it a try. :)
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I, too, have a Mac and a Windows. I've ended up having separate hard drives for each. Most of my data--years and years of documents and images--are on my Windows computer. I got the Mac because I needed a laptop and didn't want to get Vista. My experience is that I can plug the Windows hard drive to the Mac and it will recognize and read just about everything. The PC, on the other hand, will not recognize the drive from the Mac (at best) or will have a blue-screen tantrum (at worst--so far).