[X4U] I want my backup drive to go both ways

[John Baltutis]

On 10/13/09,  Conlon Brett <brettnlis at bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> I have a 500GB FW drive that I'd like to use for backups (both Mac & WinXP).
>
> I have a few questions tho...
>
> Can one Mac partition be used by Time Machine on multiple Macs or is
> it supposed to be for one Mac only?
>
> I'd like a 50GB or so partition for my WinXP Bootcamp partition (which
> is 32GB). The Win partition is currently FAT32 so I can read/write
> from both Mac & PC side. Is it possible to create a FAT32 partition
> for this purpose larger than 32GB in size? I ask because I've had a 45GB
> drive that I couldn't use on the Win side until I reduced it under 32GB.
>
> What do other mixed Mac/Windows users do?

See <http://forums.bombich.com/viewtopic.php?t=7534> and
<http://forums.bombich.com/viewtopic.php?t=12187> for starters. I don't do
windoze, so you'll have to do further research on your own.