BuXb Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 You installed Windows 8 or 8.1, learned that MD 8 is NOT compatible, but don't want to pay for MacDrive 9? Here we go: download & install MD 9.3.2.6 Pro Trial back up c:\windows\system32\drivers\MDFSYSNT.SYS and MDPMGRNT.SYS reboot uninstall MD 9 reboot install MD 8.0.7.38 (1. in Compatibility Mode for Win7; 2. versions < 8.0.7.38 won't install), wait w. reboot overwrite c:\windows\system32\drivers\MDFSYSNT.SYS and MDPMGRNT.SYS with the ones you backed up from the MD 9 install reboot activate Enjoy MD 8.x with the latest MD 9 drivers [EDIT]: this does NOT work with Windows 10 because the MD 9 drivers do not work in Windows 10 for which Mediafour requires Macdrive 10, which does not use MDPMGRNT.SYS anymore at all. 9 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrx Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Thanks BugsB. Worked Great 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1864313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer2333 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 You installed Windows 8, learned that MD 8 is NOT compatible, but don't want to pay for MacDrive 9? Here we go: install MD 9 Pro Trial back up c:\windows\system32\drivers\MDFSYSNT.SYS and MDPMGRNT.SYS reboot uninstall MD 9 reboot install MD 8.0.7.38 (1. in Compatibility Mode for Win7; 2. versions < 8.0.7.38 won't install), wait w. reboot overwrite c:\windows\system32\drivers\MDFSYSNT.SYS and MDPMGRNT.SYS with the ones you backed up from the MD 9 install reboot activate Enjoy MD 8 with the MD 9 drivers Thank you very much for this idea, that was the only missing stuff in my freshly installed Windows 8, so far only MD 9 was working but a trial license only, so now i get the best of both !! 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1864418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twoey Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Nice.. thanks for this. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1864950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blak24 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 guys are you sure it works? I tried 2-3 times installing macdrive 9 into WIN8 but at the reboot it ALWAYS crashed and I had to do a system restore... :S don't want to do it again... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1865606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 it"s most likely conflicting w/ another device driver you have installed .. if you post if you have a 32 or 64 bit Win8 install, maybe someone can zip & upload the working drivers and send you a link via PM (not here directly in the thread 'cause it might not be legal). I am very busy so might not be able to for a few days, but there is others here who got it working and who might b able to help you quicker. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1865627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blak24 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 it"s most likely conflicting w/ another device driver you have installed .. if you post if you have a 32 or 64 bit Win8 install, maybe someone can zip & upload the working drivers and send you a link via PM (not here directly in the thread 'cause it might not be legal). I am very busy so might not be able to for a few days, but there is others here who got it working and who might b able to help you quicker. hmmm... it's strange because I alwasy did that after installing a fresh copy of Win 8... thank you anyway, I will wait for someone else. P.S: I'm running x64 Win pro Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1865643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JavaKrypt Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Just stumbled upon this, works flawlessly. Thanks BugsB! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1885542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty0 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 worked! great help i thought my license had become worthless! tested on windows 8 pro x86 and windows 8 pro WMC x64 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1899697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky1979 Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 It Work! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1900334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobert01 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 AAARRFF , we'll need a new work around for windows 8.1 blue, reporting that pro here isnt working ....Arf ..darn it lol.. will keep trying quote from their site MacDrive 9 does not yet support Windows 8.1 so when it does i imagine that its the same process however for good measure i even tried .net 3.5 via the add or turn windows feature on or off Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1929547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBX Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Just installed and using Paragon HFS+ for Windows instead of macdrive (no problems so far in 8.1). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1944853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 thanks for all the feed-back, fellow MadDrivers Has anybody upgraded their Win8 w/ MD 8 or 9 running with the RTM 8.1, and if, does MacDrive still work afterwards? It's possible that just the installers don't launch, but the driver itself maybe does work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1944874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinarek Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Paragon HFS + this work perfect in Win8.1 Prof. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1946594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
level70steve Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Installed MacDrive as a 15-day trial version. Trial version expires. Registered a new Windows user with administrative settings. New user starts a 15-day trial while my main one still expires. I never tried Paragon, is it as good as TransMac? 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1950912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer2333 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Paragon HFS + this work perfect in Win8.1 Prof. There seems to be a problem with Paragon HFS+ on windows 8.1, it installs (tried both 10.0 and 10.2 versions), once i restart i cannot mount the Mac partition (when trying to assign a new letter it says cannot find the file specified). Trying unmounting/mouting the Mac partition, without results. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1954939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 MacDrive Pro 9.2.0.2 Now supports Windows 8.1 Fixed: Right-clicking a drive in Windows Explorer can crash Explorer. Fixed: In some situations, activation failures displayed an incorrect error message. www.mediafour.com/support/macdrivepro Installed MacDrive as a 15-day trial version. Trial version expires. Registered a new Windows user with administrative settings. New user starts a 15-day trial while my main one still expires. I never tried Paragon, is it as good as TransMac? MD 8 or 9? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1955028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
level70steve Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 It's version 9. I never bothered using 8.x www.mediafour.com/support/macdrivepro MD 8 or 9? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1955077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio K Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I updated to Windows 8.1 and, of course, Macdrive no longer worked. In fact, Windows offered to 'repair' it, so I went along with that. As a result, Windows failed to boot. I reinstalled Windows 8 and re-updated to 8.1. Now I am wondering if BugsB's trick will work using the 8.1-compatible version of MacDrive's drivers with MacDrive 8. I haven't attempted it yet, but will let everyone know what happens when I do. Thanks BugsB for the tip. It worked great for the past year. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1956345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobert01 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I updated to Windows 8.1 and, of course, Macdrive no longer worked. In fact, Windows offered to 'repair' it, so I went along with that. As a result, Windows failed to boot. I reinstalled Windows 8 and re-updated to 8.1. Now I am wondering if BugsB's trick will work using the 8.1-compatible version of MacDrive's drivers with MacDrive 8. I haven't attempted it yet, but will let everyone know what happens when I do. Thanks BugsB for the tip. It worked great for the past year. Right, im on 8.1 and will test and post back and see if there has been any change in support as 8.1 has been out now for a little while . when i said i was on 8.1 the version of 8.1 i had was not the update from 8 i mean i was on a direct 8.1 roll up 1 dvd and i can report that mac drive 9202 WORKS BUT the start up was seriously delayed so much so that i had a black screen for say 3 to 5 minutes just after the log in screen, this said im using start is back + 1.0.5 and i have modified my windows 8.1 for a custom theme etc (other bodge jobs) however im reporting that i will try mac drive 8 in a sec and use these drivers from mac drive 9 and see if they work . right i have uninstalled mac drive 9 pro 202 the results are okay ish as i did so i told it to close the application automatically but did not choose to restart when you uninstall it it quits the desktop, then it goes into metro if you disabled that you get a grey or "color_here" background while mac drive uninstalls then it says restart yay or nay i chose nay to post back and check that i had backed up files etc just about to restart then install the older mac drive 8 and replace the drivers... okay upon reboot i got the error that mac drive did not start and that disks wouldnt be accessible so i ignored that an clicked cancel then replaced the drivers and rebooted again..... i did not run in compat mode and its fine 100% working it will expire soon so i just need to enter my activation code is all.... so with windows 8.1 roll up 1 dvd not an update its working !!!! - however because of my setup on this machine its not brilliant at login screens i have to wait for aegis for it to bring me to the desktop but thats it ..,.it works ...now to test this on a machine WITH a Mac on it .... right im on an unmoded windows 8.1 pro roll up 1 and theres not start up delay its fine you might need .net frame work 2 and 3 fully installed.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1976687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 great - yes, pls report back - I have not tested this in Win 8.1 yet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1976691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobert01 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 yeah hi bugs its working pal . 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1976711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PippoX0 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Nice hint ... I don't have win8 ( because i don't like it) but i will use it in future ... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-1976779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
leatherman Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Nice.. thanks for this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-2084668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 This does NOT work with Windows 10 because the MD 9 drivers do not work in Windows 10 for which Mediafour requires Macdrive 10, which does not use MDPMGRNT.SYS anymore at all. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282826-macdrive-in-windows-8x-how-to/#findComment-2531422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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