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Restoring data from a Mac-format HDD drive

Restoring data from a Mac-format HDD drive

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cabub3
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02-28-2016, 01:58 AM
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I collected multiple outdated drives using Mac OS Extended format that I need to transfer before converting them to NTFS. On my Mac (2007 MacBook 3.1) I can view the drives easily, but moving files to a Windows-compatible drive is challenging. I formatted an external HDD in FAT since it was the only Windows option in Disk Utility, yet I receive a confusing "Unknown error" when trying to copy data from the Mac internal HDD or the FireWire Mac drive to that FAT disk. Do you have any suggestions, perhaps a method to enable ExFAT support?
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cabub3
02-28-2016, 01:58 AM #1

I collected multiple outdated drives using Mac OS Extended format that I need to transfer before converting them to NTFS. On my Mac (2007 MacBook 3.1) I can view the drives easily, but moving files to a Windows-compatible drive is challenging. I formatted an external HDD in FAT since it was the only Windows option in Disk Utility, yet I receive a confusing "Unknown error" when trying to copy data from the Mac internal HDD or the FireWire Mac drive to that FAT disk. Do you have any suggestions, perhaps a method to enable ExFAT support?

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vetskari876
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02-28-2016, 08:40 AM
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MacFUSE can receive NTFS support, but I believe the simplest approach is to transfer the files to a network share. The target filesystem becomes irrelevant since communication happens over SMB.
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02-28-2016, 08:40 AM #2

MacFUSE can receive NTFS support, but I believe the simplest approach is to transfer the files to a network share. The target filesystem becomes irrelevant since communication happens over SMB.

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