External Hard Drive issues- Transfering data from NTFS to Mac

Hi. I need help deciding the best way to get my files from my NTFS external hard drive to be read/write able on my Mac Laptop (late 2008 macbook, 13inch). I know I need to reformat both of the NTFS external drives I own to either FAT32 or Mac OS (journaled), however I am unsure what the best way to do this.
The apple Genius told me to do the following:
Using my Windows running laptop, copy data from NTFS drive to a safe place on PC.
Reformat drive to FAT32
Copy files from windows running laptop back to hard drive.
This sounds great, but I have been warned that FAT32 has many limitations. I have 66 GB of music and photos on the drive.
Clarifaction of what the limitations with FAT32 are, and any advice is greatly appreciated. I mean, how do people switch their data from PC to Mac? There has to be an easier answer.
THANKS!

Hi Kassluv17;
Before we can tell you the best solution, you must tell us where you wish to end up. Do you plan to migrate over to the Mac and have nothing to do with the PC in the future or are both a Mac and a PC in your future.
Allan

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