Re: externe harddisk
The Wizard of Oz
Sloe wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> How can I read with my Xp-pc an extern hardisk from an apple -performa 630
> pc?
>
> Liam
>
>
.A couple of points before I give you a direct answer. These are very
important points so pay close attention.
.This group is an Apple// group not a Mac group. The Apple// is a
computer made by the same company but pre-dated and funded the Mac. They
are two completely different machines. The groups you want have "mac" in
the name not "apple".
.The *ONLY* way your PC (the hardware) can read a hard drive you had
connected to a Mac is if you have an identical plug for the drive on
both machines. Likely a SCSI connector. If the hardware isn't available
then you don't have a chance. Next is the way the hard drive is
formatted... Windows XP will read *ONLY* FAT32 and NTFS. Your Mac is
able to read and write to a FAT32 formatted disk but not NTFS. More
likely the hard disk is formatted with HFS or HFS+, which is meant for
the Mac. There may be programs available which will let Windows read Mac
drives, but I don't know of any (check the Mac groups). If you decide to
scrap Windows and replace it with a modern BSD or Linux, the format of
the drive is no longer a problem. The software (at least with Linux) can
be installed in two minutes.
....Later
....Mike
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