Partitioning The Freecom Datatank (Pc) - Freecom DATA TANK User Manual

Freecom DataTank
Chapter 5: Partitioning your Freecom DataTank
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5.1 General information
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Your Freecom DataTank was partitioned and formatted to provide you with the maximum
available capacity and compatibility.
For some users another file system might fit better for their needs. This manual describes
current limitations of most common file systems and Instructions to enable you to adapt
the Freecom DataTank to your needs.
5. File System features
Please refer to the tables below for an overview:
File systems supported by different operating systems
Operating system
Windows 2000
Windows XP
MacOS X
Maximum size of a partition
Operating system
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Mac OS X 10.1.x
Mac OS X 10.2.x
Mac OS X 10.3.x
Mac OS X 10.4.x
* FAT partitions larger than 2 GB can only be administrated by Windows 2000/XP.
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File system
FAT
yes
yes
yes
File system
FAT
4 GB*
4 GB*
-
-
-
-
FAT32 NTFS
yes yes
yes yes
yes yes
(only read)
FAT32 NTFS
32 GB 16 TB
32 GB 16 TB
128 GB -
128 GB -
( -> 128 GB) -
( -> 128 GB) -
HFS+
no
no
yes
HFS+
-
-
2 TB
8 TB
16 TB
16 TB