Software for porting Mac HD to PC via USB sled?

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Software for porting Mac HD to PC via USB sled?

Howdy.

My Mac died and I replaced it with a PC. Removed the hard drive from the Mac (intact, pristine, examined by Mac tech) and attached it to a hard drive sled. Hard drive sled to PC via USB (powered up, lights on, good to go). The PC, however, does not recognize the hard drive and wont mount it, so I cannot access it.

Query: What software do I need in order to transfer the contents of my old bombed-out Mac to my PC?

Thanksamilliongottagobye!

-Plumbus Pete

Posted on Dec 14, 2015 7:28 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 14, 2015 7:42 AM in response to PlumbusPete

Mac uses hard drive formatting that is foreign to Windows, so windows cannot read or mount a drive formatted for Mac.

You will need a Driver that can enable Windows to read that file system.

Assuming its formatted as HSF+ You can use this:

https://www.paragon-software.com/home/hfs-windows-free/

Otherwise, you'll need to find out what your hard drive is formatted as and search out a windows driver for the specific type of formatting.

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Jan 4, 2016 8:25 AM in response to Phil0124

Thanks for the response, man! What sort of driver would that be? Any ideas?

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Answer 3

Jan 4, 2016 9:09 AM in response to PlumbusPete

As I told you above, If its formatted HSF+ you can use the Paragon driver I linked to above.

Otherwise it will depend on how its formatted. You need to find out what format its using, and then find the driver for it.

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Answer 4

Jan 5, 2016 3:37 AM in response to PlumbusPete

You will need Java installed on your new PC and this software Catacombae - HFSExplorer. It allows you to explore and copy, data off your old Mac's HDD.

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