help with external HD please

just got a 1TB external HD, i have a macbook pro and am wanting to put media on the external to be moved to a windows laptop,was wondering what format it needs to be to do this? anyone know?

Format the drive to Fat32, or MS-DOS format in Apple speak. It's the only format that can be read and written by both OSX and Windows in stock form.

ty kris

Just remember that the max file size for FAT32 is 4GB.. chances are this wont matter to you

Fuckin annoying when you forget that too, and it takes you AGES to figure it out before the penny drops :>

I dropped a penny once, only because the shop keeper wouldnt exchange it for lollies.

whatever you do back the damn thing up regular like