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Mac File/Data Recovery Software on Windows 7

Hi,
I have a hard drive from the MAC computer. The computer did not boot, so Apple store installed a new hard drive and gave me the old hard drive that has files and photos ... etc.
I hooked up the old hard drive to my Windows 7 computer. I can see the files from the MAC hard drive using "trial version of Stellar Phoenix Macintosh software", but I need to pay $115 to actually recover/copy files from the hard drive.

With that, is there a free software that will let me see the contents of MAC hard drive and copy them to my Windows hard drive?

Thanks.

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Xaelian

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sglee

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@ Xaelian
I will try 2nd option because I only need to read from MAC hard drive and copy them to my windows 7 hard drive. I don't need to write to MAC hard drive.
I will keep you posted.

Xaelian

OK,

I use the first option, but that's because I need to plug in external HD's in my MAC + Windows.
But I've recommended the second option to a client and he's really happy about it.

sglee

ASKER

I tried second option, but I got an error "Could not find any file systems on device"
Do you have any ideas?

Thanks,

veedar

The drive did not boot in your Mac for a reason. I expect there is some type of damage to the drive. Try running the drive manufacturers software diagnostics on the drive to determine if it's healthy.

If it fails diagnostics it's likely you will need data recovery.

R-Studio is good. http://www.r-studio.com

Or for a remote data recovery service. http://FreeDataRecovery.us

Xaelian

Ok use testdisk. It will recover corrupted partitions. Best alternative for stellar phoenix.

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

sglee

ASKER

Hi Xaelian,

Can I recover Mac data on Windows with TestDisk just like Stellar Phoenix, right?

Thanks,

Xaelian

Jep. You can run it under Windows.

sglee

ASKER

Thanks,

sglee

ASKER

Hi Xaelian,

I ran TestDisk.exe and it asked me "Select the partition table type" and I can see "Hint: EFI GPT partition table type has been detected", I should select "EFI GPT" instead "Mac".
Please let me know.
Thanks,

Xaelian

Yeah your mac has the gpt (guid partition table) it's default :-).

Xaelian

Hi Sglee,

Have you recoverd the files on your MAC HD? Or is something not working?

sglee

ASKER

I gave up on TestDisk.exe due to unfamiliar user interface and I needed to get this done for my customer. So I ended up buying Stellar software.
Thanks for your help.

Xaelian

Ah ok. If you wanted I could've written a small guide to use it. Great to hear you've retrieved the files.

See you around on EE, when you'll have any more Mac OS X questions,I'll probably help you with them.

sglee

ASKER

Thank you again.

Xaelian

No problem :)

Can you close the question? So others can find the alternatives for Stellar Phoenix.