Yes, the file system on Mac is totally different (it is more like FAT32) but it will recognize FAT32 disks. I believe there 'might' be a third party file system driver for it to use NTFS but if so I am not sure where to find it.
On Jan 15, 7:42 am, Mohammad AbuShady <[email protected]> wrote: > Well it looks like a normal file system issue, i don't know what mac's file > system is, but apparently windows cant use it, that's why you cant access > old files which were created on the mac computer, i might try to convert the > file system with any program like partition magic, but i don't really feel > easy with those cause they might corrupt the old files, but if it works fine > and u ever decide to go back to the mac they wont work there any more > either.. well i hope someone here suggests a better solution for your > problem. > Good luck,, > > ~Coalwater~ > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:18 AM, flesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a 1tb Western Digital My Book Essentials 2 External Hard Drive. > > I have worked with it for months on my iMac, which has been on the > > fritz lately. So i bought a HP mini netbook with Windows 7 Starter. I > > hooked up my external hard drive and it is recognized in the Printer > > and Devices and also in Computer Management but I can not access the > > disk through my windows browser. I tried to give the disk a letter but > > the menu comes up in all light grey, and unclickable. The disk works > > fine I even managed to partition a part of the unused memory making me > > be able to write new files on it, but what I really want to do is > > access previous data on the primary partition. > > > Also the file system on the unaccessible partitions are blank where > > all my usable ones are NTFS. Is there any fixes that can help me > > bypass these barricades. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Computer Tech Support" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<computer-tech-support%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.
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