Re: How do I format a external drive?

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:23:17 -0400, Ken wrote
(in article <0001HW.BEFAD45500037B9FF0407550@news-server>):

> I have a external drive that is formatted Fat32 that I want to convert to
> HFS+.
> I'm new to Mac OS and I don't know how to do this. Is there a utility built
> into Mac OS X 10.4.2 Tiger that will do it or do I have to buy a third party
> application?
>
> Ken
>

Thanks everyone. I successfully converted to HFS+

Ken

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