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Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0
Chapter 3: Partitioning your Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0
3.1 General information
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.
3.2 File System features
Please refer to the tables below for an overview:
File systems supported by different operating systems
File system
Operating system
FAT FAT32 NTFS HFS+
Windows XP/Vista/7 yes yes yes no
Mac OS X yes yes yes
(only read) yes
Maximum size of a partition
File system
Operating system
FAT FAT32 NTFS HFS+
Windows XP/Vista/7 4 GB* 32 GB 16 TB -
Mac OS X 10.1.x - 128 GB - 2 TB
Mac OS X 10.2.x - 128 GB - 8 TB
Mac OS X 10.3.x - ( -> 128 GB) - 16 TB
Mac OS X 10.4.x - ( -> 128 GB) - 16 TB
Mac OS X 10.5.x - ( -> 128 GB) - 16 TB
Mac OS X 10.6.x - ( -> 128 GB) - 16 TB
* FAT partitions larger than 2 GB can only be administrated by Windows XP/Vista/7.