Lacie external hard problem ..

hi folks ..
by lacie hard drive is working great on my ibook g4 (OS X 10.3.9). But it doesnt mount on my pc. it was formated as Mac OS Extended (journaled).
1. how do i resolve this issue without having to reformat the drive.
2. also, i partitioned the drive. is there a way of formating one partition so that be mounted on a pc?
thank you

Hi Sophist,
The Mac OS X Extended or HFS+ is only for Macintosh; it is not Windows compatible. You can do what John suggested and make two partitions, or format it in FAT32 (in Disk Utility I believe they call it MSDOS). FAT32 is compatible with both, but HFS+ works smoother with the Mac OS X platform.
Jon
PS You may be interested in looking at Developer Connection Document on HFS+ Volume Format.
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