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Best file system to transfer 5+GB files between OS X and Windows on removable media

I need to transfer DVD image files between a Windows XP computer and a Mac running Leopard.

The machines are not connected via a fast network, and I have a few USB drives floating around that I want to use, e.g. 8GB flash, 60GB and 250GB USB hard drives.

Sometimes the files creep above 4GB (the maximum size of a single file on FAT32), and I've had no luck with NTFS on Leopard. I'm not aware of any drivers for XP/Vista that support Mac file systems like HFS.

Anyone got any suggestions as to what file system would best suit here?

Thanks Tom

Solution

  • What did you try for NTFS on Leopard?

    It's pretty simple:

    1. install MacFUSE and NTFS-3G driver.
    2. ???
    3. Profit.