Hello!
I have a LaCie 1TB hard disk external drive with important files (file type DOS_FAT_32, according to Testdisk software), that I can't get to mount on WINDOWS XP PRO.
The thing is I used to use that external drive with a Mac, OS X 10. 5 and all went well: the drive mounted and I could read the files, without ever having any difficulties.
Now, for a great number of reasons, to depressing to relate here, I'm stuck with using the referred Windows XP machine.
My question: is there any way to convert those weird behaviouring 'DOS_FAT_32' files into NTFS, on a Mac computer?
I pose the questions out of two reasons:
a). In principle, the Win XP will for sure be able to read NTFS files (of course);
b). I will be having temporarly access to a Mac machine, where
- I know my LaCie drive will mount,
- and the only place where I can access the drive to reformat the files.
The kindest regards!
I have a LaCie 1TB hard disk external drive with important files (file type DOS_FAT_32, according to Testdisk software), that I can't get to mount on WINDOWS XP PRO.
The thing is I used to use that external drive with a Mac, OS X 10. 5 and all went well: the drive mounted and I could read the files, without ever having any difficulties.
Now, for a great number of reasons, to depressing to relate here, I'm stuck with using the referred Windows XP machine.
My question: is there any way to convert those weird behaviouring 'DOS_FAT_32' files into NTFS, on a Mac computer?
I pose the questions out of two reasons:
a). In principle, the Win XP will for sure be able to read NTFS files (of course);
b). I will be having temporarly access to a Mac machine, where
- I know my LaCie drive will mount,
- and the only place where I can access the drive to reformat the files.
The kindest regards!