strip22 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I cant write to external harddrive, that has been used on a win xp computer, only read...What to do?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36190-can-only-read-from-external-harddrive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 WinXP formats the hard drive as NTFS. OSX can only read NTFS, not write to it. If the hard drive is empty or has no valuable data on it, go to Disk Utility in your Utilities folder and format (erase) the hard drive as MacOS Extended Journaled (HFS+) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36190-can-only-read-from-external-harddrive/#findComment-257517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
strip22 Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 WinXP formats the hard drive as NTFS. OSX can only read NTFS, not write to it. If the hard drive is empty or has no valuable data on it, go to Disk Utility in your Utilities folder and format (erase) the hard drive as MacOS Extended Journaled (HFS+) Now that sucks, i have to use on both machines, any program that would help.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36190-can-only-read-from-external-harddrive/#findComment-257553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Fat32 is compatible to both but limited to files of size 4 GB. The Mac format HFS+ (MacOS Extended Journaled) can be read/write by Windows using MacDrive or Transmac. If you use Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120%, they install a little system file that prevents MacDrive from working. Uninstalling either app doesn't remove the offending system file. You have to find and remove it manually. See the Misc link in my signature and read MacDrive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36190-can-only-read-from-external-harddrive/#findComment-257557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
strip22 Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 Fat32 is compatible to both but limited to files of size 4 GB. The Mac format HFS+ (MacOS Extended Journaled) can be read/write by Windows using MacDrive or Transmac. If you use Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120%, they install a little system file that prevents MacDrive from working. Uninstalling either app doesn't remove the offending system file. You have to find and remove it manually. See the Misc link in my signature and read MacDrive. Thx for the reply Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36190-can-only-read-from-external-harddrive/#findComment-257570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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