Target Disk Mode in Windows?

[brianp]

I've just ordered a MBP, and was wondering if it is possible to use target disk mode to transfer files to windows? Will I have to install some kind of HFS reader on Windows? Thanks

 

[fuziwuzi]

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.

 

[northy124]

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?

 

[Neil321]

If it corrected your drive why are you saying to back stuff up would it not have sorted stuff out by correcting it?

he/she meant it corrupted there drive so they corrected it

 

[JNB]

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.

 

[Neil321]

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.

Good point that

 

[brianp]

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.

It's a separate windows machine, running XP pro, and using firewire 400.

 

[velocityg4]

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?

 

[JNB]

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).