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Target Disk Mode in Windows?
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i assume so. i tried to get windows to read my external hfs format drive, but i needed a program. i got mac drive, but i had major issues, it ended up correcting my drive. i therefore suggest u have your mac backed up before u try anything.
If it corrected your drive why are you saying to back stuff up would it not have sorted stuff out by correcting it?
Target Disk Mode is FireWire only.
Are you talking about a separate Windows machine, a virtualized instance, or a Boot Camp installation? Three completely separate things going on there.
Are you talking about a separate Windows machine, a virtualized instance, or a Boot Camp installation? Three completely separate things going on there.
Macdrive as mentioned before usually works fine for reading and writing for HFS+. If you want a free solution to copy files from the Mac to Windows you can try HFSExplorer. This program can not write to a Mac volume though just read and copy from.
On an other note, why Target Disk Mode? Why don't you just connect them by ethernet or firewire networking?
On an other note, why Target Disk Mode? Why don't you just connect them by ethernet or firewire networking?
I should've mentioned (it was still only my first cup of coffee) that TDM is Mac-Mac only, so the type of Windows instance is moot. Share them both on a network, or use a shared external drive (FAT32 is read/write for both machines without any extra steps).