DiskPart, replacing its predecessor - fdisk, is a command-line utility that provides the ability to manage disks, partitions or volumes in your computer running all versions of operating system since Windows 2000, also including the latest Windows 10. Users can input DiskPart commands directly to organize hard disk partitions. Paragon HFS+ ($20) is a Windows application that mounts all of your Mac hard drives in Windows Explorer (a.k.a. My Computer) and gives you read and write access. There's a 10-day trial available. Paragon HFS+ runs in the background and automatically starts on bootup, so accessing your Mac drives will feel exactly like accessing normal Windows. Jan 17, 2017 I show you how to mount the Mac HFS HDDs in the Windows 10 Anniversary and later updates by editing the registry. THIS WILL NOT WORK WITH APFS!!! Only HFS will work Yes you can now update to the. Open HFS Explorer app. Go to File and click on Load File System From Device to open the Mac-formatted drive. This will automatically open the HFS + file system. Once the files are located.
Windows can’t normally read Mac-formatted drives, and will offer to erase them instead. But third-party tools fill the gap and provide access to drives formatted with Apple’s HFS+ file system on Windows. This also allows you to restore Time Machine backups on Windows.
If you know you’re going to use a drive on both Mac and Windows, you should use the exFAT file system, which is compatible with both. But if you didn’t foresee that, you may have formatted your drive with Apple’s HFS Plus, which Windows can’t read by default. In fact, some manufacturers sell “Mac” drives pre-formatted with this Mac-only file system.
Don’t Format the Drive! (Yet)
When you connect a Mac-formatted drive to Windows, you’ll be informed that “you need to format the disk in drive X: before you can use it.” Don’t click the “Format disk” button or Windows will erase the contents of the drive–click “Cancel”!
This message appears because Windows doesn’t understand Apple’s HFS+ file system. That’s fine, because other applications do. Just don’t format the drive until you get the important files off the drive.
Of course, if the drive doesn’t have any important files on it, you can go ahead and format it. But be absolutely sure there’s nothing you need before you do.
Option One: HFSExplorer Is Free and Basic
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If you only need to get a couple files off the drive, we recommend HFSExplorer. It’s the only completely free way to access a Mac-formatted drive. It does require Java, however, so you’ll have to install that first. Then, install HFSExplorer like you would any other Windows program.
HFSExplorer isn’t fancy, though, and doesn’t have a lot of features. You can’t use it to write to Mac-formatted drives, and it doesn’t install a file system driver that integrates into File Explorer. But you can open HFSExplorer, read a Mac-formatted drive, and copy the files to your Windows PC without paying a dime. It can also mount Mac .dmg disk images to get at the files inside them.
This application’s read-only nature isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It ensures that no bug in the third-party driver can damage your Mac-formatted drive and the files on it. You can set read-only mode in other applications, too–but, if you’re not going to use their write support, there’s less reason to pay for them.
To use HFSExplorer, connect your Mac-formatted drive to your Windows PC and launch HFSExplorer. Click the “File” menu and select “Load File System From Device.” It will automatically locate the connected drive, and you can load it. You’ll see the contents of the HFS+ drive in the graphical window. Just select the files or folders you want, click “Extract,” and choose a folder. They’ll be copied to the location you choose on your PC.
Option Two: Paragon HFS+ is $20, But Offers Write Access and Better Integration
Paragon’s HFS+ for Windows is a bit fancier, but it’ll cost you. This tool installs a file system driver that allows you to access a Mac-formatted drive like any other drive in File Explorer, or any other Windows application with an open or save dialog. It boasts improved speed, and we wouldn’t be surprised if it were faster than HFSExplorer. And, unlike HFSExplorer, it offers full read/write access to Mac-formatted drives, so you can write to them from within Windows. Just install it, and Mac drives will show up like any other drive.
If you need to work with Mac-formatted drives on a regular basis and you want the operating system integration, speed, and write access, Paragon HFS+ is a great choice and will be worth it for you. But, if you just need to get some files off a Mac-formatted drive occasionally, this is overkill and you can save $20 by sticking with HFSExplorer.
Paragon does offer a 10-day free trial of HFS+ for Windows, so you can give it a try and see if it works for you. And, if you just need to get files off of a Mac-formatted drive once, you can just use the trial and be done with the application by the time it expires.
Option Three: Mediafour MacDrive Costs $50 to $70, But Includes More Features
Mediafour’s MacDrive is similar to Paragon’s HFS+ for Windows, but with more features and polish. It’s noticeably more expensive than Paragon HFS+ too, at $50 for the Standard version and $70 for the Pro version.
For most people, this software won’t really be worth it. But it offers a few unique features, like support for Mac-formatted RAID disks. It also offers a graphical interface with support for verifying, repairing, and formatting Mac-formatted drives. Paragon’s HFS+ gets out of your way and doesn’t provide a graphical interface–it just enables access to HFS+ drives in File Explorer and other applications.
If you need all these tools, go for it–this is the most full-featured solution for working with Mac-formatted drives on Windows. But you probably don’t need all these tools.
Mediafour does offer a 5-day free trial of MacDrive–both the Standard and Pro versions–so you can give it a try and see if those features are worth it for you.
Option Four: Format the Drive as exFAT–But Warning, This Will Erase Your Data!
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Once you’ve gotten all the data off the Mac-formatted drive, you’ll probably want to format it with the exFAT file system. Both Windows and Mac OS X have full read-write support for exFAT drives without any additional third-party software. FAT32 has some serious limitations–individual files can only be up to 4GB in size each, for example–but exFAT doesn’t.
Rather than use a Mac-formatted drive, you should get the important files off of it and use exFAT-formatted drives for moving data between Macs and PCs.
To format the drive in Windows, right-click it in the File Explorer window and select “Format.” Choose the “exFAT” file system in the list and click “Start.” Remember, this will erase all the files on the drive! Be absolutely sure you have your files off the drive and that you’ve selected the correct drive you want to format!
When you’re done, the drive should work on both Windows PCs and Macs with no problem.
By the way, this works great for Windows users too–Macs can’t natively write to the Windows NTFS file system, although they can read files from NTFS drives. So no matter what your primary platform, exFAT is probably the way to go.
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Today I installed Windows 10, version 1607, on my MacBook Pro (Retina 15in Late 2013).Before this I had Bootcamp setup with Win7. So, I started out by deleting the old Win7 Bootcamp Partition using the Bootcamp Assistant on Mac and then created a new partition and went on to install Windows 10.Everything seems to have gone smoothly: Partitioning, Installation of Windows 10, and the Apple Bootcamp drivers.
However, the Mac Partition does not show up in Windows File Explorer.
I found this related thread Why I can not see mac partition under windows installed with bootcamp?
I have run the commands with the following results:
It looks like my MBP is not using CoreStorage.FileVault is deactivated.. and on my prior Windows 7 Bootcamp partition (that I deleted before setting up a new one for Windows 10) the Mac Partition was showing up correctly.
Here's a pictures of Windows 10 Disk Management:
Does anyone know what's going on here?
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Apple HFS+ drivers DO work after 1607 Anniversary Update, they just have problems mounting the drives. You can mount them manually with the risks associated with it. (Personally, I have encountered exactly zero bugs/problems in several weeks of hard usage and testing on 3 computers, so I started recommending my method on the net. I am writing this warning anyway, as mounting a partition forcibly may still have unforeseen consequences I have yet to face.)
Firstly, make sure you have drivers from 6.0 installed, 6.1 does not have HFS+ drivers. You can reinstall to be sure, or
- Go to Windowssystem32drivers check if AppleHFS.sys and AppleMNT.sys is there.
- Run regedit, go check if 'AppleHFS' and 'AppleMNT' keys exist in 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservices'; each should also have some string and dword values in it.
Personally, I would extract these two .sys files from a 6.0 install, Google on how to install them via registry tweaks, and make the habit of always using the most up-to-date bootcamp drivers. Apart from bug fixing and optimisations, new Macs a few years into future will just not function properly on 6.0 drivers.
Reboot after installing your Apple HFS drivers. Nothing will show up on 1607 after reboot, but I would still feel better to install these drivers before we try and mount them.
Secondly, make sure you are not using CoreStorage. I am reasonably certain 'read only' HFS driver can't do any harm, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
If you are good to go, you have two options:
Option #1: mount your bootcamp partition via DOS Devices registry edit:
- Run regedit, navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/system/CurrentControlSet/Control/Session Manager/DOS Devices/'
- Right click > new > add string
- Enter your drive letter by adding ':' In 'data' type 'DeviceHarddiskVolume#', where # will be the volume number of your partition as it would be detected in MS-DOS. In your case, it SHOULD be 2, as it is the 2nd partition of disk0. (In MY computer, disk0 has 1 partition, my macOS partition is 2nd one on disk1, so MY partition number is 3, just count your partitions starting with 1.)Your registry entry should (provided nothing is changed in 4 months you posted this) show 'D:', 'REG_SZ' and 'DeviceHarddiskVolume2' for name, type and data respectively (assuming D: is the drive letter you want for your macOS partition).
- Never use letter C: or any other drive letter that may contradict with your Windows installation, as this may render your Windows unbootable. (Or may not, it's just a matter of luck whether Windows chooses to mount DOS devices first, or it's own disk management.) It is (probably) safe to do trial and error on volume #, it won't break anything even if you accidentally select your Windows partition, it will just mount it twice with different letters.
- Reboot and your macOS partition should be there.
- Before using, go to properties of your new disk in 'This PC' and your 'file system' should be HFS and it should report used and free spaces correctly. If it is RAW, never try to reformat, check your AppleHFS.sys install.
Option #2: use a program that can mount disks via Session Manager (in other words, it will make the registry entries for you).
- Download ext2fsd even though you probably have nothing to do with ext2 or linux.
- Open Ext2 Volume Manager. In 'File System' tab, your macOS partition will show as 'HFS'. If you installed ext2fsd before successfully installing bootcamp drivers, it will just show as 'RAW'. (kind of proving bootcamp drivers DO work)
- Right click, select assign drive letter (or change drive letter).
- In the pop-up menu, select the drive letter first, then select the tick 'Create a permanent MountPoint via Session Manager.' It -weirdly- closes the pop-up before you click 'OK'. (Ext2fsd is a little buggy, you should select drive letter first, then select the tickbox. If you want to change drive letter, I suggest removing the existing one first, then re-add it from scratch)
- Reboot, and the macOS partition will be there just like before anniversary update.
In both options, your diskpart or disk management will still show your HFS partition as RAW, (so does minitool partition wizard etc), but it will function normally, and you should be able to confirm it as HFS in properties menu. In analogy, this method tries to define your partition letter like defining a legacy COM or Printer (LPT) port.
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Apple officially supports Windows 10 on the newer Macs. Generally these are the 2012 and later models. The originally released version of Windows 10 was number 1511. The Windows version can be determined by opening a Command Prompt window and entering the command
winver
. Below is example. For version 1511, read only access to HFS+ formatted partitions can be enabled by installing the Boot Camp Support Software.
Recently, Microsoft has released a new version numbered 1607. This is referred to as the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. This version has a bug that can prevent read only access to HFS formatted volumes. Therefore, if you are using version 1607 of Windows 10, you may not be able to access HFS formatted volumes even if you have installed the Boot Camp Support Software. Until this bug is fixed, users will have to use version 1511 or find another way to copy data from HFS formatted volumes.
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You can use HFS+ for Windows® 11 by paragon software. Worked for me.
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Followup on Andraxxus's answer.
1. Option 1 did not work for me. Run command line 'diskpart', 'list volume', shows that the mac hfs+ partition was not mounted. While 'select disk 0', then 'list partition' will find presence of the partition.
2. Option 2 ext2fsd will run, but after rebooting windows 10, windows will run scanning and repairing drive C. Then, the drive D: is gone again.
Solution : Go to regedit, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession Manager, Change the BootExecute string to 'autocheck autochk /k:C *'
1. Option 1 did not work for me. Run command line 'diskpart', 'list volume', shows that the mac hfs+ partition was not mounted. While 'select disk 0', then 'list partition' will find presence of the partition.
2. Option 2 ext2fsd will run, but after rebooting windows 10, windows will run scanning and repairing drive C. Then, the drive D: is gone again.
Solution : Go to regedit, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession Manager, Change the BootExecute string to 'autocheck autochk /k:C *'
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