How to get data from an external hard drive formatted for a mac onto a PC?

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Scott Barn

I have an external hard drive formatted for a Mac and I have to get the data from it onto my PC. Reformatting is not an option.

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you'll need to get "MacDrive" for windows:


http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive

How do you save files and pictures from my mac to an external hard drive that has files from a pc?

Isabel

I run two computers, a pc and a mac. I've got thousands of photos that I can't store completely on the pc and need to be able to use on both computers. The external hard drive is formatted for mac and the pc. I can save files from the pc to the drive, but any attempt to save a file from the mac doesn't work. Can't find a reference online that offers help.

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Move everything off the drive then format it in Fat32 (MS-DOS File System)
http://www.techiecorner.com/159/how-to-format-external-hard-disk-for-mac-and-windows/

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Can a portable hard drive be formatted as a bootable USB?

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rubixmaste

I know that Flash USB's are capable of being formatted into USB's that the computer can boot from the BIOS, but can the same be done with a Portable hard drive such as one from Western Digital (the passport types) ? And if so, will it completely work?

Thanks in advance!

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yes, it will work perfectly. but there are procedures to be done. follow the steps

** creating a windows vista/7 bootable USB drive

* this can only be done using machines with vista or 7

* run command prompt as administrator

c:\diskpart

DISKPART> list disk

DISKPART> select disk 1 (assuming usb drive is disk 1)

DISKPART> clean

DISKPART> create partition primary

DISKPART> select partition 1

DISKPART> active

DISKPART> format fs=NTFS (this will format the usb drive)

DISKPART> assign

DISKPART> exit (this will exit diskpart command)

* insert windows vista/7 into ODD

c:\cd d:\boot

c:\boot\bootsect /nt60 g: (assuming usb drive is named g:)

* use windows explorer to copy all windows vista/7 files and folders from CD

* restart PC to be configured and locate BIOS setup & change the boot sequence to USB drive as priority

What portable external hard drive should I buy for my Linux?

iluvsuzann

I need a portable external hard drive that works for both Windows and Linux without installing additional drivers. I want it to be plug-n-play. I am using Ubuntu dual-booted with Windows XP at home. Please provide me some brands/models and descriptions.

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Actually storage devices rarely have any issue with linux. Any external drive you buy should work. A couple things to look out for though. Nearly all the devices come formated FAT32 out of the box, which will work find with Windows and Linux, though it doesn't copy advanced file permissions from either OS. If you format it NTFS, not all distro will automatically mount it, some you may have to manually use ntfs-3g from the command line to mount it.

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