Leopard, external USB HD, Windows Vista

I have a G4 laptop running Leopard.
After reformatting my external hard drive to MS-DOS FAT 32, it does not appear at all in Windows Vista.
What else can I do to fix this problem?

Hi,
refering to my first post I still beleieve that the problem results from the used partition scheme on the external HD and not from the used file system.
Check with Disk Utility in OSX whether your external HD uses APM (Apple Partition Map) or not.
If it is APM then repartitioning the external HD and using MBR (Master Boot Record) as partition scheme and MS-DOS FAT32 as file system should enable the external HD to be useable from both Vista and your G4.
Second alternative would be to connect the external HD to the Vista PC and repartition it there also using MBR.
But since Windows cannot format partitions bigger than 32GB with FAT32 you have to use a third-party tool like this http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm to do the formating (not the partitioning).
Btw.: there is no such thing as FAT64 only exFAT which is supposed to be mainly used with Flash-drives.
Secondly, be aware that FAT32 has a built-in single-file size limitation of 4GB.
Regards
Stefan

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