Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, I haven't tried but some digging via Google says you would have to partition your disk into 2TB or smaller partitions if you have a really big disk. FAT32 is ancient technology (which is why everyone and their dog knows how to deal with it :). Someone else mentioned exfat which the Mac knows how to deal with (and I presume so does Windows). That might be a better choice if you have very large disks in the future. I tend to avoid Windows as much as possible so Windows expert I am not. ;) Regards, Spencer On Sep 6, 2011, at 13:41, Robert Baron wrote: > Spencer, thanks for the explanations, but I need to ask for one more: > In this context, what is meant by / what is the practical effect of > the 2 TB 'volume' limitation of FAT32? > > I know these are famous last words but I can't imagine needing a > partition (if that is synonymous with 'volume') any larger. > > The reasons I have to deal with FAT32 are 1) I am moving image files > from a Windows environment to a Mac environment, and 2) I have to > retain the ability to go back. If I was in an exclusively Mac > environment I wouldn't have these questions I understand, but I'm not > there yet.