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And I had a question. I'm getting either an iBook or a Powerbook, not too sure yet which one. The problem I have is all my media and documents are backed up on a 160GB HD in an external enclosure. The drive is formated as NTFS, and from what I can understand, OSx can only read NTFS. How can I make this drive usable without risking ruining all the data? It's only half full.
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i dont get it
The drive is formated as NTFS, and from what I can understand, OSx can only read NTFS must be a type somwhere cuz it seems u dont hav a problem lol silyl mac users =]
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^ Well I think his problem is:
He wants to keep all the data. But he also wants to USE the harddrive, he wants to WRITE on it, but since it's NTFS, he cannot. So he needs to convert it, but then all his data is lost. Maybe you can partition it? Split the hard drive in the NTFS part that already exists with the data on it, and the other partition must be a Mac partition. You can also copy the data from the NTFS part to the new Apple part and then format the NTFS to Apple and merge the two partitions
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yah when i read "read ntfs" i didnt realize it can't write to the drive....
but ya hokie has the right idea copy data to laptop/friends drive then format the external
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Bah, lock this post mods. I went to pick up the Mac, and got a Boxing Day deal on the HP Pavilion zd8000 + Dual TV Tuner. Thing's a beast.
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hahahahhaha
Why do you even want a mac... they're crap and so incompatible with everything else. PCs ALL THE WAY!!!!!
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