Laptop workflow noob question

[jpsheets]

Hi all,

I know this has been covered, but I can't find the info through the search engine, so forgive my beginners question.

Here's my workflow, P2 (P2 Genie) download using a Dell laptop to two external HDD's, one of which is back up. Then editing using FCP.

Question, do I need to partition the drives spefically for the PC when offloading my files? and do I need to do anything different when attaching it to my G5 for editing?

thanks in advance!

JP

[Jason Ramsey]

I believe if you format them as fat 32, they should be compatible with both pc and mac.

Jason

[THoff]

FAT32 is only needed if you want to be able to write to the drive using both the Mac and PC. If you only need read-only access on the Mac, then NTFS would be a better choice.

Another option would be installing MacDrive on the PC -- this would give it the ability to read/write HFS volumes.