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Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0
Chapter 3: Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0
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3.1 General information
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Your Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0 was partitioned and formatted to provide you with the
maximum available capacity and compatibility. FAT32 was chosen as file system to assure
that you will be able to read your files on any PC. It is recommended not to change the
current configuration of your Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0.
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 Hard Drive XS 3.0 to your needs.
3. File System features
Please refer to the tables below for an overview:
File systems supported by different operating systems
Operating system
Windows XP/Vista/7
Mac OS X
Maximum size of a partition
Operating system
Windows XP/Vista/7
Mac OS X 10.1.x
Mac OS X 10.2.x
Mac OS X 10.3.x
Mac OS X 10.4.x
Mac OS X 10.5.x
Mac OS X 10.6.x
* FAT partitions larger than 2 GB can only be administrated by Windows XP/Vista/7.
File system
FAT
yes
yes
File system
FAT
4 GB*
-
-
-
-
-
-
FAT3
NTFS
yes
yes
yes
yes
(only read)
FAT3
NTFS
32 GB
16 TB
128 GB
-
128 GB
-
( -> 128 GB)
-
( -> 128 GB)
-
( -> 128 GB)
-
( -> 128 GB)
-
HFS+
no
yes
HFS+
-
2 TB
8 TB
16 TB
16 TB
16 TB
16 TB
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