Professor AR

Q: Booting a PC Drive on Mac

Hello!

 

If a PC drive that has a virus is booted on my Mac from the Startup Manager, will this affect OS X in any way or compromise my data in the "Macintosh HD?" I BADLY need the data on the PC hard drive...

 

Thank you!

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), null

Posted on Jul 22, 2016 2:28 PM

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Q: Booting a PC Drive on Mac

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  • by Rudegar,

    Rudegar Rudegar Jul 23, 2016 1:36 AM in response to Professor AR
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    Jul 23, 2016 1:36 AM in response to Professor AR

    no, virus's are not cross platform

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Jul 23, 2016 6:38 AM in response to Professor AR
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    Jul 23, 2016 6:38 AM in response to Professor AR

    To get the data off the PC drive, there is no need to boot from it. Put it in an external enclosure and copy the necessary files. OS X can read NTFS file systems.

     

    It is highly recommended that you do not boot from infected drives. It can propagate within your network. You should connected to working PC and (without booting from it), run Anti-Virus software to quarantine/remove the virus(s) on the disk.