If you have an IDE to USB adapter and enough of space on a Mac, the data should be safe until you Mac-formatted the Win disk. Then you reload them. Depending of the amount of data and the size and speed, this may take quite a while.
> >A friend just wrote to ask for help with an external drive used on a >Mac, but formatted in FAT (Windows format). > >I have decent free data recovery software for PC's, and haven't >started looking for Mac software. Should I go ahead with recovery on >PC, or do you have Mac software to suggest? > >Since I already have PC recovery software that seems to work pretty >well, I'm leaning in that direction, but I'm open to suggestions, and >those suggestions may be necessary if the drive is actually in Mac >format. > >I searched this forum for data recovery topics, but surprisingly with >no luck. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
