External HDD formatted to Fat 32 can't be read by ATV or Mac machines

I have an ATV Gen1 which will not recognise my usb HDD 500GB which is formatted in FAT 32. I need to access it in Win/Linux/Apple and this format is supposed to work. I tried to plug it into a friends Mac and it couldn't read it either .
What should I do ?
-keevill-

for atv 2g the usb port can be used to restore the software when connected to a computer
for atv 1g the usb port have no usage for endusers at all well ok it may provide 5votls out for stuff like the humping usb dog but other then that the port is dead to you

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