Comments on: Dual partition a USB drive for Time Machine and Windows

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:27:12 +0000

Thanks for the instructions.

@shak Make sure you erase you old partition, and then create 2 partitions. If you did that I don’t know how to help. GL

By: shak

shak — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:37:27 +0000

hello there, i tried doing exactly what you did , but when i went to the format select drop down menu there was no ‘fat’, why is this?

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:55:51 +0000

Cecil,

You should be able to see the drive on the iMac by using Finder and then Go -> Network -> “Insert your Airport Name.” Type password and it should allow you the option to click and mount the volume.

In Windows, you merely have to make sure network volumes are enabled and it will show up in Explorer (below all your other Windows, FAT drives).

By: Cecil Hudgins

Cecil Hudgins — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:29:17 +0000

Great post….I spend most of last weekend trying to figure out how to use a Seagate 1TB external USB drive to backup my iMac and two windows machines connected via Airport Extreme. I finally partioned a 400GB WD drive (200 as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and 200 as Fat 32) but currently have it connected to the iMac. How can I attach a drive like you describe and see it on the Airport by both the iMac and Windows machines? I am having no luck in this area. The folks at Seagate said I would have to purchase a Network drive for this to work.
Thanks for your help.

By: Jesse Eichhorn

Jesse Eichhorn — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:09:13 +0000

Great instructions, thanks for the help!

By: Matt Maurer

Matt Maurer — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:12:19 +0000

Thanks! This was exactly what I was looking for. Finally going to pick up an external for Time Machine, but I wasn’t sure if I could partition it off and use some of the space for my ever growing media collection. This explanation was on the mark.