For Mac Os 8.6 - 9.X Users Only; For Mac Os X Users Only; Fat32 Or Ntfs; Fat32 - SmartDisk FireLite User Manual

For Mac OS 8.6 - 9.x Users Only

Open SmartDisk Tools, and click on the Format tab. Within the
Format tab, click on Custom setup. Change the Partition Scheme to
DOS (this will change the format field to DOS), and click Initialize.
Wait for the initialization to complete. Your drive is now ready to be
connected to a Windows operating system.

For Mac OS X Users Only

Your SmartDisk hard drive can be formatted and partitioned using
Apple's Disk Utility, located in your Utilities folder. Under Disk and
Volumes Selected, select the appropriate drive, and click on the
Partition tab. Under Volume Information, expand the Format field and
choose Free Space. Click on the Erase tab, expand the Volume Format
field, and click MS-DOS File System. Click Erase and wait for the
Erase to complete. Your drive is now ready to be connected to a
Windows operating system.

FAT32 or NTFS?

When formatting your SmartDisk hard drive while running Windows
XP or Windows 2000, you will have the choice between FAT32 and
NTFS formats. Following are some considerations for making your
choice.

FAT32

FAT32 is compatible with the following Windows operating systems:
Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000,
Windows XP. FAT32 can also be read by Apple Macintosh
computers running Mac OS.
Limitations: Under Windows 2000 and Windows XP users will not
be able to create partition sizes larger than 32GB (though they can
access these larger partitions). (This limitation does not apply to
other supported operating systems.)
In general, FAT32 is a good choice if you'll be using your
SmartDisk hard drive with computers running Windows 98,
Windows 98 SE, or Windows Me, or if you'll be using it with both
Windows and Mac OS computers.

NTFS

NTFS is compatible with the following Windows operating systems:
Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. NTFS usually
results in higher performance than FAT32, and will permit users to
create partition sizes larger than 32GB under supported operating
systems.
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