How to Plug an external HD to Airport Extreme (PC) ! Finally got it right !

Hi All,
I have, like a lot of you, spent hours reading posts, trying stuff and downloading 3rd party softwares to get something that is described as "Plug your HD and Et voila !" by our friends of Apple... i.e. get a HD to be recognized on a PC when plugged to a Airport Extreme.
The solution is as follows (and which is simple when you know where to get the info):
- Format your HD in Fat 32. Yeah right you will say "Great but how ? as my PC does not allow me to format in FAT 32 only in exFAT or NTFS"
- Don't bother with SwissKnife (doesn t work on Visate and 7) or other software or freeware, go for the big guns straight away : Seagate.
- Go to seagate website and download Seagate DiscWizard. This software will allow you to format in FAt 32 a HD up to 2To (I would believe that it formats any HD but I only tried with my Seagate 1To). Seagate even shows you how to format in FAT32 on their website
- Then plug your HD to the Airport Extreme, et voila ! (for real !)
And BTW you don t need to be a Geek to do this, I am far from one...
Enjoy
PS: Any of you who knows how to solve the pink screen with the Apple TV 2, please help...(buying a new TV does not count)
PS1: Airport Extreme + HD = does not show on Apple TV without computer on (which is a pain and I know we are a lot to think it should work..)

PS1: Airport Extreme + HD = does not show on Apple TV without computer on (which is a pain and I know we are a lot to think it should work..)
That is because the Apple TV (all generations) relies on iTunes for streaming. However, if you have the earlier versions of the Apple TV, you can also store your iTunes Library on its internal hard drive and not require a computer to get its content to your TV.

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