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Use FAT32 or FAT16 on cross-platform external hard drives
Authored by: iu-macboy on Oct 22, '03 05:19:54PM

The company I work for recently had the need for this cross-platform portability. Mostly for folks who travel to different locations/offices. Requirements were that data could be stored easily (no administrator needed) and accesses directly at the remote location where the destiniation machine was unknown and support was not always available. Our solution was to purchase several USB Flash drives, of the small variety that can hang on a keychain. Out of the box they are formatted FAT16, and plug into the USB port. They even come with a extension cable to plug in to those "hard to reach places." Sizes can range from 64MB up to over 1GB (some are even 2GB but I think they may be FAT32).

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