Reading HFS hard drive in windows

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Reading HFS hard drive in windows

I currently have a HFS formatted hard disk from my powerbook 1400 with files I want to back up.. Which program will work to read the files and back up my hard disk? It is currently in an external enclosure.. It is detected as unallocated in windows but I already tried using Macdrive to read the disk but it is still not mounted in the "my computer". Anyone else know of a good program to mount a HFS hard disk in windows or is it even possible? Thanks..

Also, when I am able to mount the drive, will I be able to back the file up and then burn the disk so the powerbook will be able to read it? Will there be any lost file structures? Thanks..

Powerbook 1400, Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier

Posted on Aug 17, 2006 5:04 PM

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eww

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Aug 17, 2006 8:56 PM in response to prologik

Hi, prologik. Second question first:

Also, when I am able to mount the drive, will I be able to back the file up and then burn the disk so the powerbook will be able to read it? Will there be any lost file structures?

When you copy Mac files to an MS-DOS (FAT32) volume, their resource forks are lost. Therefore, the files won't be intact if and when you copy them back to a Mac volume. You'd be far better off backing them up to a Mac volume in the first place.

How large an amount of data are you talking about backing up? The 1400 probably has only a 2GB or smaller hard drive, doesn't it? You could buy a PC Card network adapter for the 1400 for $10-20, network the 1400 with another Mac, copy all the critical files to the second Mac's hard drive via ethernet, and have them all backed up for a fraction of the cost of MacDrive — and without all the hassles of going from a Mac to a Windoze file system and back.

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Sep 25, 2006 9:41 AM in response to prologik

There is a program called TransMac... a shareware program that I used to transfer downloaded files from my windows machine to a really old mac (Color Classic). it worked really well with floppies, and might with an external HD. however I am not sure.

http://www.download.com/TransMac/3000-2248_4-10578022.html?tag=lst-0-1

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