not sure where to ask: view laptop pc hard drive on macbook pro

[blcouch]

first time listener, first time caller. i've had my macbook pro since april '10. it replaced a compaq presario v5000. i pulled the compaq's hard drive and installed it in an sata enclosure. it there any way to get my itunes, photos, etc off of this drive? i can see folders but can't open them on my mac. i found info that said to copy the files to mac, reformat drive, replace files to drive and presto! that didnt work as directed. is there a program that costs less than virtualPC that i can put on my macbook to read my pc laptop drive? thanks in advance.

 

[miles01110]

Do you know what the drive is formatted as? You can probably install something like NTFS-3G or MacFUSE to get the data off.

 

[blcouch]

i think the main part is ntfs and the partitioned part is fat32. something like that.

 

[GGJstudios]

i think the main part is ntfs and the partitioned part is fat32. something like that.

FAT32 (File Allocation Table)

• Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
• Maximum file size: 4GB.
• Maximum volume size: 2TB

NTFS (Windows NT File System)

• Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
• Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write/Format NTFS from Mac OS X: Install NTFS-3G for Mac OS X (free)
• Some have reported problems using Tuxera (approx 33USD).
• Native NTFS support can be enabled in Snow Leopard, but is not advisable, due to instability.
• Maximum file size: 16 TB
• Maximum volume size: 256TB

HFS+ (Hierarchical File System, a.k.a. Mac OS Extended)

• Read/Write HFS+ from native Mac OS X
• Required for Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner backups of Mac internal hard drive.
• To Read/Write HFS+ from Windows, Install MacDrive
• To Read HFS+ (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer
• Maximum file size: 8EiB
• Maximum volume size: 8EiB

exFAT (FAT64)

• Supported in Mac OS X only in 10.6.5 or later.
• exFAT partitions created with OS X 10.6.5 are inaccessible from Windows 7
• Not all Windows versions support exFAT. See disadvantages.
• exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table)
• Maximum file size: 16 EiB
• Maximum volume size: 64 ZiB

 

[bmcgonag]

first time listener, first time caller. i've had my macbook pro since april '10. it replaced a compaq presario v5000. i pulled the compaq's hard drive and installed it in an sata enclosure. it there any way to get my itunes, photos, etc off of this drive? i can see folders but can't open them on my mac. i found info that said to copy the files to mac, reformat drive, replace files to drive and presto! that didnt work as directed. is there a program that costs less than virtualPC that i can put on my macbook to read my pc laptop drive? thanks in advance.

Program is Free (and great) - VirtualBox