Read Mac Hard Drive in Windows

[redneon]

Is there any way of getting access to my Mac hard drive from within Windows?

I used Boot Camp to install XP and thought I read something about it being possible. I can't transfer files from within OS X because my Windows partition is NTFS.

 

[treblah]

MacDrive 6 🙂

 

[redneon]

Cheers.

I don't suppose there's an OSS alternative, is there? Or at least a free one.

 

[ewinemiller]

MacDrive 6 🙂

Backup often, MacDrive works, but it's not entirely stable. It still locks up explorer for me about once a week and often there is corruption on the OSX drive as a result.

 

[CanadaRAM]

How about a separate USB drive, Flash or hard disk, formatted FAT32? That should provide a common storage area without compromising either the Mac or Windows partition on the main hard drive.

 

[Mojo67821]

Backup often, MacDrive works, but it's not entirely stable. It still locks up explorer for me about once a week and often there is corruption on the OSX drive as a result.

I use this program, and although it's helpful, it CRASHES A LOT. It's responsible for 90% of my windows crashes. I too get the occasional "corrupted" error, but I find most of the time that it's bull. Checking the drive in OSX reveals there is no need to repair.

Regradless, there's no real alternative... so give it a shot.