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Is there a way to format an external hard drive in HFS+ using a PC?
I have a G4 iBook with a dead hard drive (wont spin), and have herd that if you stick the hard drive in the freezer for a couple of hours you may get the drive to spin again. If I can get it to spin, then I would like to salvage as much data as I can to an external hard drive. The problem is all I have that works at the moment is a PC. Can I format the external hard drive to the proper mac os, using a PC?
Another thing I am not sure of, is even if I can get the external formatted, how can I get the data from the old drive to the external while using a PC for the transfer? I can get a copy of ghost, but I dont know much about ghost and if it will do HFS+
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sean
I have a G4 iBook with a dead hard drive (wont spin), and have herd that if you stick the hard drive in the freezer for a couple of hours you may get the drive to spin again. If I can get it to spin, then I would like to salvage as much data as I can to an external hard drive. The problem is all I have that works at the moment is a PC. Can I format the external hard drive to the proper mac os, using a PC?
Another thing I am not sure of, is even if I can get the external formatted, how can I get the data from the old drive to the external while using a PC for the transfer? I can get a copy of ghost, but I dont know much about ghost and if it will do HFS+
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sean