LaCie 301258U - 2big Network NAS Server User Manual page 21

LaCie 2big Quadra
User Manual
Windows XP and Windows Vista without resorting to help from
third-party products.
The LaCie 2big Quadra comes preformatted in HFS+ for op-
timum performance with Mac OS X.
Mac OS X Users:
You may customize the drive by reformatting and/or partitioning
the drive with separate file system formats. For optimal perfor-
mance in Mac OS environments, format and partition the drive
as one large Mac OS Extended volume.
Mac OS Extended (HFS+)
Mac OS Extended refers to the file system used by Mac OS X.
HFS+ represents an optimization of the older HFS file system by
using hard disk space more efficiently. With HFS+, you are no
longer limited by block size.
MS-DOS File System (FAT 32)
This is the Microsoft file system, more typically known as FAT 32.
This is the file system to use if you are going to be using your La-
Cie Hard Drive between Macs and Windows operating systems.
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