Question about my files during a clean install

[jasfa131]

I plan to clean install X.5 Leopard. Instead of going out an buying an external HDD, could I just use my iPod 5.5Gen. (enabled for disk mode) and carry the files over to my WinXP PC with the iPod?



iMac -------(iPod)--------------> WinXP PC

and then on the way back, I'd like to .zip those files (80GB or so) and wirelessly send them to my iMac (which I've done before).




Would this work? Or does the iPod have to be formatted for Windows?

Thanks

 

[Giaguara]

You can make the windows side see hfs+ formatted drives http://macosx.com/forums/howto-faqs/287277-howto-make-windows-see-hfs-formatted-drives.html

Why format them with Windows side? And why not copy them over with cable? That would be way faster...

 

[eric2006]

You could also format the iPod as FAT32 (MS-DOS in Disk Utility), which Windows and Mac will be able to read and write.