Accessing Mac drive in Windows

dayal · dayal #1 (**permalink**)

11-13-2006, 02:41 PM

Apologies if this question has been answered before, but I was wondering how if theres a way to access the Mac drive whilst i'm in Windows. I have a MBP and just installed Windows, so basically I want to be able to play my music which is on the Mac side whilst in Windows. Also, is there a way to do it vise versa as well? It would make transferring files a lot easier,

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BIG D 04 · BIG D 04 #2 (**permalink**)

11-13-2006, 02:46 PM

Unfortunately I don't think you can, as A Windows PC doesn't recognise the format of the Drive, I only think the format that can read and write to for both MAc and PC is FAT32

cRuNcHiE · cRuNcHiE #3 (**permalink**)

11-13-2006, 03:29 PM

the software MACDRIVE will let you do this from XP i use it myself

Noxian · Noxian #4 (**permalink**)

11-14-2006, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by cRuNcHiE

the software MACDRIVE will let you do this from XP i use it myself

yup works very well for me too.

BIG D 04 · BIG D 04 #5 (**permalink**)

11-14-2006, 03:53 PM

Cheers I best check that out!

mac57 · mac57 #6 (**permalink**)

11-17-2006, 12:11 PM

But MacDrive is expensive - $64 last time I looked.

dayal · dayal #7 (**permalink**)

11-19-2006, 08:35 AM

yea but its great, I just got it and it works like a charm. I can even play all my music and everything

gblader · gblader #8 (**permalink**)

11-19-2006, 09:06 PM

Is macware also the program that you can run them side by side in the same window? If so, it's definitely worth the $60 some dollars!

BIG D 04 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 16, 2006 Location: Birmingham (S), UK Posts: 665 Mac Specs: 20" iMac Intel Core Duo 2 (Standard)	11-13-2006, 02:46 PM Unfortunately I don't think you can, as A Windows PC doesn't recognise the format of the Drive, I only think the format that can read and write to for both MAc and PC is FAT32 Damien Healy iMac 20" OSX 10.4.9 Tiger \| thebigman87.com \|
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BIG D 04 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 16, 2006 Location: Birmingham (S), UK Posts: 665 Mac Specs: 20" iMac Intel Core Duo 2 (Standard)	11-14-2006, 03:53 PM Cheers I best check that out! Damien Healy iMac 20" OSX 10.4.9 Tiger \| thebigman87.com \|
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mac57 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	11-17-2006, 12:11 PM But MacDrive is expensive - $64 last time I looked. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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dayal #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 23, 2006 Posts: 38	11-13-2006, 02:41 PM Apologies if this question has been answered before, but I was wondering how if theres a way to access the Mac drive whilst i'm in Windows. I have a MBP and just installed Windows, so basically I want to be able to play my music which is on the Mac side whilst in Windows. Also, is there a way to do it vise versa as well? It would make transferring files a lot easier, Thanks
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dayal #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 23, 2006 Posts: 38	11-19-2006, 08:35 AM yea but its great, I just got it and it works like a charm. I can even play all my music and everything
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gblader #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 04, 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 71 Mac Specs: MacBook 2.0 ghz 1.25 RAM 60 GB	11-19-2006, 09:06 PM Is macware also the program that you can run them side by side in the same window? If so, it's definitely worth the $60 some dollars!
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