Help! Transferring files from Lacie External to Seagate(PC) external

[JoeJITSU]

I download the files from the Lacie external hard drive to the desktop and then upload to the seagate external...but I cant seem to drop it into the seagate hard drive. I am able to brings things from my seagate to the desktop but I need to upload the files from the Lacie to my seagate. Quicktime movies are on the Lacie and I need to get those movie clips to my seagate so I can use my PC to edit. Help please.

 

[spinnerlys]

What Mac OS X version do you use, how are the two external HDDs connected (USB or Firewire), what format are they formatted in (CMD+I on both HDDs and see for yourself*) and how big are the individual files?



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[JoeJITSU]

What Mac OS X version do you use, how are the two external HDDs connected (USB or Firewire), what format are they formatted in (CMD+I on both HDDs and see for yourself*) and how big are the individual files?



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10.6.4
the seagate is connected from 1394 on seagate hard drive to USB of Macbook pro. The Lacie is connected on the firewire 400 on hard drive to the firewire 800 of Macbook Pro.
Lacie is "Mac OS extended"
Seagate is NTFS

I need to get the files from the Lacie to Seagate. Possible? I just need it on to the PC which is right next to Mac. Can I just do it with an Ethernet cable? Its about 450gb of files. Thanks for yor help by the way

 

[JoeJITSU]

Think Im going to use the trial version of Macdrive 8. From what I heard I can read files from Mac on my PC. But if I buy it I can go back and forth. Thanks

 

[spinnerlys]

10.6.4
the seagate is connected from 1394 on seagate hard drive to USB of Macbook pro.

There is no such thing as a Firewire (IEEE 1394) to USB cable. Either it has miniUSB or something I don't know about.

The Lacie is connected on the firewire 400 on hard drive to the firewire 800 of Macbook Pro.

That seems okay.​

Lacie is "Mac OS extended"
Seagate is NTFS

FAT32

• Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
• No individual file larger than 4GB.

NTFS

• Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
• Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write NTFS from Leopard: Install MacFUSE and NTFS-3G. You can install both with NTFS-3G for Mac OS X.
• To Read/Write NTFS from Snow Leopard: Guide: Enable native NTFS Read/Write in Snow Leopard
• (Be aware that some are of the opinion that enabling native NTFS in SL is unstable/unreliable, and favor the MacFuse/NTFS-3G method for Snow Leopard)

HFS

• Read/Write HFS from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write HFS from Windows, Install MacDrive or HFSExplorer

I need to get the files from the Lacie to Seagate. Possible? I just need it on to the PC which is right next to Mac. Can I just do it with an Ethernet cable? Its about 450gb of files. Thanks for yor help by the way

http://guides.macrumors.com/Networking_Windows_with_Mac_OS_X​

Think Im going to use the trial version of Macdrive 8. From what I heard I can read files from Mac on my PC. But if I buy it I can go back and forth. Thanks

MacDrive is very good in my experience and it reads faster than the NTFS drivers for Mac OS X can write to an NTFS formatted volume.
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[JoeJITSU]

There is no such thing as a Firewire (IEEE 1394) to USB cable. Either it has miniUSB or something I don't know about.

That seems okay.​

http://guides.macrumors.com/Networking_Windows_with_Mac_OS_X​

MacDrive is very good in my experience and it reads faster than the NTFS drivers for Mac OS X can write to an NTFS formatted volume.
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Spinnerly,
Thanks for taking the time to help me. I got it to work. THanks I really appreciate it.
Too bad theres no "aura" voting here...would have gave you "thumbs up" Thanks again

 

[spinnerlys]

Spinnerly,
Thanks for taking the time to help me. I got it to work. THanks I really appreciate it.
Too bad theres no "aura" voting here...would have gave you "thumbs up" Thanks again

For future reference, how did you get it to work?