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Access a hard drive formatted for mac on windows

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HFSExplorer unfortunately requires you install Java to use it, but it’s the only free option here.

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If you only have Windows systems available, you can use HFSExplorer to copy files from the drive onto your Windows system drive or another drive. If you have a Mac lying around, you can plug the drive into a Mac and back up the files. Instead, we’ll just be wiping the drive and starting over from scratch.

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This process won’t actually convert the file system. First, back up the data on the Mac-formatted drive if you have anything important on it.