[G4] Disk Utility options for Windows XP Pro

[Philip J Robar]

On Aug 19, 2006, at 5:19 AM, Richard M. Kriss wrote:

> I have a small Apple Western Digital 20 GB hard drive that I would  
> like to
> use as a backup for my wife's Dell Latitude laptop running XP Pro.  
> I used
> the Apple Disk Utility to partition drive with the MS-DOS file  
> system. The
> Disk Utility says it is fine. It is in an external case and my wife's
> Latitude cannot find the drive. Is this a PC issue or did I screw  
> up the
> drive using he MS-DOS File System option in Disk Utility?

In the Partition tab click on the Options button and choose "Master  
Boot Record". Then repartition and format the drive.

Phil