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Trying to access old SCSI drive with XP
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<blockquote data-quote="louishen" data-source="post: 1595448" data-attributes="member: 40142"><p>Sounds like you are doing the right thing but need that XP machine to access the Macs old file system.</p><p></p><p>That Macs drive is most likely formatted with HFS (sounds like HFS+ used in more modern macs but isn't the same). There is not much support for the old HFS system, although modern macs can still at least read the format.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_File_System" target="_blank">Hierarchical File System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p></p><p>I don't think that Windows program (UFS Explorer) supports HFS, only the newer HFS+</p><p></p><p>You have 3 options.</p><p></p><p>Give this program a try, <a href="http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/hfvexplorer" target="_blank">HFVExplorer [E-Maculation wiki]</a> if you can get it to work on XP</p><p></p><p>Otherwise you are right about an intermediate Mac, something like a G4 Powermac with adapted scsi card would do the trick</p><p></p><p>Otherwise a Linux machine with hfsprogs installed might be able to access the drive <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/hfsprogs" target="_blank">http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/hfsprogs</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="louishen, post: 1595448, member: 40142"] Sounds like you are doing the right thing but need that XP machine to access the Macs old file system. That Macs drive is most likely formatted with HFS (sounds like HFS+ used in more modern macs but isn't the same). There is not much support for the old HFS system, although modern macs can still at least read the format. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_File_System]Hierarchical File System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] I don't think that Windows program (UFS Explorer) supports HFS, only the newer HFS+ You have 3 options. Give this program a try, [url=http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/hfvexplorer]HFVExplorer [E-Maculation wiki][/url] if you can get it to work on XP Otherwise you are right about an intermediate Mac, something like a G4 Powermac with adapted scsi card would do the trick Otherwise a Linux machine with hfsprogs installed might be able to access the drive [url]http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/hfsprogs[/url] [/QUOTE]
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