Any software to save my files?

[tsakaloutis82]

Hi, I recently borrowed an external hard drive (Seagate Baracuda with Enermax box) formatted in MacosJournaled to a friend. He used it without any problems with an iMac and a Windows PC. When I got it back and tried to connect to my macbook I was getting all the time a kernel panic screen. I tried to use it with a windows pc with MacDrive so as to save my files but there was only recognized a new hard drive formatted in... RAW format and of course without any files. Is there a way to save my files?

thank you

 

[xUKHCx]

Did your friend use MacDrive to access the harddrive? Could he have formatted it?

 

[tsakaloutis82]

yes, he used Macdrive too but he did not format. I gave him back the drive so as he would save the files but he got the same kernel panic signs...

 

[xUKHCx]

Is it possible to take the drive out of the case and plug it directly into the windows machine, the kernel panics suggests there is something funky with enclosure.

 

[tsakaloutis82]

I'll try right away!

 

[tsakaloutis82]

nope...still getting the same message. any other solution please?

 

[theBB]

On the PC, you can try HFSExplorer. (First link from Google search.)