Hi Gary You'd need to do this via your Mac I think. The basic problem is that Windows won't read HFS drives, whereas Mac OS will read NTFS formatted media, but it cannot write to it (by default). There are options to make this work, but most of them are problematic unless you're prepared to by the commercial suite which makes each compatible with the other.
Gordon On 10 Jan 2013, at 23:12, Gary Price(Gmail) <[email protected]> wrote: I will explain this subject below. Hello everyone. My name is Gary Price from Bolton in lancashire, England, United Kingdom. I have recently bought a new 2 terabyte external hard drive. Last year I bought a Macbook early 2008 off a friend. I have setup my external hard drive for Time Machine. For those who don't know Time Machine is like system restore for the Mac. When I was setting it up it told me to encrypt the disk. So I just followed the instructions. I have got a desktop running Windows7 64 bit. Now my external is encrypted, it will not show up in Windows explorer when I plugg it in! But the strange thing is that it shows up in Safely remove hardware. Please does anyone know if there is a way I can either de-crypt the backup which Time Machine has done, or the entire disk? I am asking this because I am soon going to be moving to Windows8, so I want to put a folder with my important stuff onto it! Many thanks I look forward to any responses. -- Gary Price E-mail and Facebook: [email protected] Skype/MSN: [email protected] Twitter: http://twitter.com/gazwprice ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- <--- Gordon Smith ---> If you wish to contact me privately, please use E-Mail in the first instance, before you try the below. Please also observe time differences. I prefer telephone calls by prior arrangement where possible. E-Mail: <[email protected]> Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Australia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: <http://twitter.com/maciosaccess> Skype: <callto:mac-access.net> ------------------------------ ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
