Can I convert the files from my Seagate External Hard Drive for PC to a Mac?

Cheeseball

My Dell laptop computer that is only 2 years old has a bad hard drive and has been going out on me for the last few months. I think that it is now time to get a new computer. I have all my important files backed up onto a Seagate 500 GB External Hard Drive. My question is, if I get an Apple Mac computer, will I be able to transfer the files that are on the hard drive to the Mac? The computers that I am considering right now are the Apple Mac Desktop all in one or the HP Touchsmart 600 all in one. Has anyone done this conversion before?

Answer
Yes. Your Mac will be able to at least read the hard drive. If the drive is formatted as FAT32, then your Mac can also write to it. Otherwise, to allow a Mac to write to an NTFS drive, then you'll need this: http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/

My PC shuts down when I plug in my external (Mac formatted) hard drive with Windows 7?

Phil C

The PC is pretty new. DIdn't have the issue with XP. Is it a Windows 7 problems? I am running Mac Drive 8 to recognize the drive. I have Windows 7 x86. Any suggestions?

Answer
Let microsoft find the drivers automatically.

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You will find a Mac will read windows easier than a PC will read Mac, My suggestion is use a FAT32 Format on the drive done on your PC.

Both your Mac & Pc can read this format without trouble

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