Getting Windows to read OSX Drives

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Hey guys,

This may be the wrong forum but I think that the people in this forum will have encountered this before.

Basically, I've gotten rid of the Mac Pro now and the hard drives from it I have moved into the new server.

To get the server to read them I've installed a bit of software called 'MacDrive'

And it now looks like this...

It's technically doing exactly what I want...however I keep getting this...

So, basically my options are:

1) Shell out for MacDrive
2) Find an alternative

I'm angling to option 2 because I don't like the idea of paying a license to access my own files.

So, has anyone found an alternative, I just want to be able to access my hard drives like I would any other disk. Eventually I'll be able to do some juggling of data and move everything off of it, reformat it as NTFS and then move it back...but that's a month away yet.

So, any suggestions for a solution to my issue?

Thanks!
Jake

 

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I think there is a driver in the bootcamp drivers that lets you read and write to osx formatted drive (I think).

If you have a snow leopard disc that's the simplest way to find it, if not there are a few downloads of it on the apple site somewhere.

Ooooh that's worth a shout, and how would you go about adding this driver, would it be somewhere in device manager?

 

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OK cool, I'll grab the bootcamp installer and give it a go

 

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BTW if/once I've figured it out I'll write a guide for anyone else that's interested.

 

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Nice one, I'll try that when I get home

It'll tide me over till I buy more HDD's at the end of the month then juggle it about.

 

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Right, just used your drivers and reg entry mate, server is rebooting now...

 

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Hmm, I've found it can now access them. However my Server randomly reboots! Very odd!

 

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It's not a problem, I'm borrowing a hard drive from a friend tomorrow so I'll copy everything off, format it to NTFS, then copy it all back