Freeware MAC HDD tools for Windows

[mrk]

Hello,

A curious case has come up today and I wondered if someone could point me in the direction of a freeware solution to allow Vista to read MAC formatted drives?

I have checked out Acutesystems who do one and also MACdrive but I'm not certain on which is the best solution.

This will just be for data transfer purposes!

Thanks.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070502234618295

 

[mrk]

Hmm that's the one I've looked at already - not free though!

 

[Vonhelmet]

Some linux distributions support hfs and hfs+. You might be able to use a livecd like knoppix or similar. If you want to transfer stuff to your Windows system, you'll also want one with ntfs support. I think some linux distributions include the new ntfs tools. Failing that, use something like an external drive that's fat formatted.

 

[mrk]

I've noticed actually looking at the link again that http://hem.bredband.net/catacombae/index2.html is referenced in a comment - going to try that!