Re: mac formated firewire drive to be read by PC

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From: Tony Sheppard (grumbledook_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 01:30:08 +0100

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 07:55:59 +0100, anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote
(in article <120001c49af1$0e431650$a601280a@phx.gbl>):

> if i have a mac formated firewire drive, can my pc running XP automatically
> see it when I plug it into my pc? or does it have to be dual formated?

You need to be running 3rd party software to see HFS / HFS+ formatted drives
on PCs.

I use MacDrive from MediaFour and would heartily recommend it to all and
sundry.

HTH

Tony