[1394] Re: Mac Firewire Drives on PC

[Keith Palmer, Zytech]

MacDrive 5 works well (installed on a PC)

On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 12:54  AM, jeff chasick wrote:

> Normally you would format the drive as a FAT32 drive so that Mac and 
> PC can
> read the drive.
>
> There are some other utilities out there for the PC to allow it to 
> read an
> HFS volume, but formatting the drive as FAT32 on the PC is usually the
> easiest and safest method to use
>
>
>> I want to be able to connect my Mac formatted Firewire drives to a PC
>> laptop but am told by DataViz Tech support that their MacOpener
>> utility does not officially support Firewire, hinting cautiously that
>> it may work but if it doesn't, don't call them. They DO support Mac
>> iPod, however. MacOpener is primarily used to mount Mac Zips, Jaz,
>> CDs for Windows users.
>>
>> Has anyone had experience sharing Mac Firewire drives with Windows 
>> computers?
>>
>> DaleH
>>
>> ----------
>> MacFireWireTalk list, a listserv for discussion of FireWire on 
>> Macintosh.
>> FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/FireWireFAQ.shtml>.
>>
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>>
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>>
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>
>
> ----------
> MacFireWireTalk list, a listserv for discussion of FireWire on 
> Macintosh.
> FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/FireWireFAQ.shtml>.
>
> ADS Tech.| PYRO Drive Kit: convert your drive to firewire!
> Dr. Bott | Now $169.00 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/ADS.html>
>
>    Cyberian   | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com!
>    Outpost    |         http://www.themacintoshguy.com/outpost.shtml
>
> FireWire | 2.5" and 3.5" FireWire hard disk enclosures
>  Depot   | starting at $95!!  <http://www.fwdepot.com>
>
>
Keith Palmer
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