HFS Utilities. HFS is the “Hierarchical File System,” the native volume format used on modern Macintosh computers. Hfsutils is the name of a comprehensive software package being developed to permit manipulation of HFS volumes from UNIX and other systems. In addition to the original UNIX version, several ports enable use under DOS, Windows 95/NT, and OS/2. 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. Well, If you had a HFS+ driver that hooks into the system properly (as opposed to hfs explorer), you could do it - I currently use a copy of macdrive bundled with some other software, which gives me a right click and HFS+ format option. HFS+ for Windows is the only solution that provides full read-write access to HFS /HFSX partitions on any type of disks (GPT, MBR) under most of Windows versions! Access Mac-formatted partitions in Windows systems with the fastest and most stable HFS driver on the market. A quick video on how you can convert your HDD partition from the NTFS format to the HFS+ Format that is supported by Macintosh & Hackintosh PC's.
Try this all-in-one data recovery software for Windows, Mac & Linux to recover data from various file systems, viz. HFS+, HFS, ex-FAT, NTFS, FAT, Ext1, Ext2, Ext3, & Ext4 on a Windows computer. This versatile toolkit also supports RAID recovery for Windows.
Recovers data from Mac, Linux & Raid drives on Windows System
- Repairs corrupt or distorted photos and video files
- Recovers deleted partitions and retrieve contained files
- Perform RAID recovery for Windows & construct Virtual RAID
- Clones affected drive and safeguard the data from corruption
*Free download version works on Windows system to preview recoverable files only.
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Key Features:
World’s Only Data Recovery Toolkit
The world’s first and only data recovery software that runs on the Windows machine and recovers data from any Windows, Mac, & Linux storage drive. By using this DIY utility, perform data recovery on Windows PC—especially when your Mac or Linux system is not working. The software enables you to recover all lost, deleted, or inaccessible data by connecting the troubled Mac or Linux hard drive to a Windows computer. The tool even allows you to retrieve data from Windows RAID drives.
Perform RAID Recovery for Windows
Besides, you can format an external hard drive for Mac and Windows by converting HFS+ to FAT32 or exFAT without losing any data. Step 1: Backup Data in HFS+ Partition on Mac Just transfer all useful files out from the external hard drive to other devices on Mac. Terchange sessions between Mac-based and Windows-based Pro Tools systems using local HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) formatted hard drives. Will allow your system to read/write HFS (Mac Standard format) disks, HFS drives. 2 Mac HFS+ Disk Support Guide Installing the Mac HFS+ Disk Support Option The Mac HFS+ Disk Support option is.
The Stellar Toolkit for Data Recovery software provides the option of RAID Recovery on the Recover Data module. It supports data recovery from 3 RAID levels — RAID 0, RAID 5, and RAID 6 array. You can rebuild RAID and recover data by selecting the possible options provided in the recovery window even when the RAID parameters are unknown. In case the software fails to build RAID due to incorrect RAID parameters, the software constructs RAID by the provided parameters. Subsequently, you can recover data from the Virtual RAID drive.
Repair Corrupt Photos & Videos by Yourself
Many a time, multimedia files get damaged or corrupt before or after data recovery. Videos and pictures are most vulnerable to corruption, and no easy fixes are available. This all-in-one Data Recovery toolkit offers two unique features to repair the corruption of video and photo files seamlessly through the Repair Photo and Repair Video options. The first option helps you to fix damages in any photo files while the second repair logical corruption issues with video files. Being a DIY software; you can repair the corrupt media files by yourself.
Drive Monitoring with Disk Cloning
The world’s only data recovery bundles an exquisite Stellar Drive Monitor module. When you opt for the Monitor Drive option from the main interface of the toolkit, you can easily monitor the health of your connected storage drive be it Mac, Windows, or Linux on your Windows PC. The module extracts the current temperature, performance, and other parameters of the storage drive for dynamic monitoring and warns when they reach their threshold. The module also allows you to make a replica of the stoage drive to another destination through Clone Disk functionality.
Additional Advantages
Recover Every Lost File with Deep Scan
This advanced software gives you an option called ‘Deep Scan’ to scan the connected Windows, Mac, & Linux storage drive sectors-by-sectors. This advanced scanning ensures that no block of the hard drive is left behind for finding the lost files. If the data recovery results are unsatisfactory from the Quick Scan, then switch to Deep Scan module and recover everything which was either lost or deleted from the storage drive.
Recover Data from Lost Partitions
Can’t find your disk or partition on Mac, Linux or Windows storage device? Try this toolkit since the feature 'Çan’t find Drive‘ helps you analyse the physical device thoroughly and brings lost HFS, HFS+, NTFS, FAT, ex-FAT and Linux partitions back. Once the toolkit software finds the lost partition; you can select one partition at a time and run advanced file recovery for best results.
Recover Data from Formatted Drives
With Stellar Toolkit for Data Recovery, you can recover your data lost due to formatting or erasure of any Mac, Windows, or Linux data storage media. The toolkit software is programmed with advanced algorithms to scan the formatted hard drive, partition, or any other connected storage media and recovers all your precious data, which are lost because of formatting.
Data Recovery from Disk Image
When your Mac, Windows, or Linux storage drive is severely corrupt or contains bad sectors then, Stellar Toolkit for Data Recovery provides the ‘Recover from Disk Image’ option that allows you to create an image file of your affected storage medium. Image file provides an upper edge over disk corruption and bad sectors. Once the toolkit creates the image file, it allows you to use the disk image and recover lost data from it at your own convenient time without the fear of data loss.
Music, Video, and Photo Recovery
This Toolkit for Data Recovery software provides a useful option to recover all your lost photos, music, videos, and other multimedia files from any physical storage drive or partition. Advanced users can also select starting and ending sectors of the Mac hard drive to recover those files only from the specified region of the hard drive.
Email and Document Recovery
Your email and documents are like a treasure, and you mustn't lose it. Stellar Toolkit for Data Recovery supports numerous formats of documents for macOS including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF, InDesign, & more. Also, the toolkit allows you to recover lost or deleted emails. It even has an option to add any new file types for data recovery.
Preview of All Recoverable Files
This data recovery Toolkit provides a way to preview all your lost or deleted files that can be recovered before saving. Preview helps to select the correct files for recovery. The Recover Data module also shows a dynamic preview of the scanned items of the troubled storage medium. After the successful scan, the software lists all recoverable files and folders. To preview, click any listed files from the right pane. In case the file preview is not available, the software displays an appropriate message. You can also turn on/off the preview feature.
Drive Utility for Backup & SMART
The toolkit software for data recovery has an amazing utility for monitoring the storage drive of your Windows system. With the toolkit, you can monitor the SMART status and temperature of the drive, disks or partitions. Further, you can find out if your boot drive contains bad sectors by running a surface scan. Finally, clone your Windows start-up disk to another destination and safeguard the data.
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*Free download version works on Windows system to preview recoverable files only.
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Software Specifications
Operating SystemWindows 10 , 8.1 , 8 , 7 , Vista & XP
Hard Disk50 MB of Free Space
Technician LicenseCan be used on '3' Systems Simultaneously
Language SupportedEnglish, German, French, Spanish & Italian
FAQ's
Yes, connect your HFS formatted hard drive to a Windows computer and download Stellar Toolkit for Data Recovery. Install and launch the software, then scan the Mac external hard drive. Preview and recover your lost files by using the software.
No, the software does not help you to recover lost data from a storage drive formatted with APFS. If you wish to recover APFS formatted drive, then you must look for other Stellar Data Recovery products that provide APFS recovery.
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I have some external hard drives that are Mac OS Extended (Journaled) formatted. What software can you recommend for working with those drives when under Windows? Do you have any experience with this?
Would be best if the software is free, but it doesn't have to be.
Hope someone can help!
quack quixote8 Answers
You can install Apple bootcamp drivers (no official download links but you can find it on other sites) on a non-Apple machine. This will install HFS+ (the other name for Mac OS Extended) drivers for Windows.
For those with Windows 7, drivers can be found using Apple KB: TS3172
Der HochstaplerHfs For Mac
Seems like MediaFour MacDrive is the recommended one from various places. If anyone has any good and free alternatives or just other alternatives, I'd like to know about those though :)
Along with the ability to read and write to Mac disks and volumes, you can also create Mac disks for easy file transfers and backups. The built-in MacDrive Disk Manager gives you the power to partition, format, analyze and repair disks, while the newly revamped CD/DVD Creator allows you to burn Mac CDs and DVDs.
SvishSvishI found the solution in here. It works just great. They are the official Apple´s driver set. It works with latest format (End 2012).
IrfanFat32 Format Tool
Have you considered going in the opposite direction?
NTFS on OSX
This is what i do. Any External Drive that i connect to my OSX machine that i plan to also use with Windows i make the volume an NTFS volume. osxFUSE(googlecode) will allow you to write EXT3&4,ZFS,NTFS, and basicly any Filesystem on your MAC.
Lightly SaltedLightly SaltedYes I've used MacDrive and its probably the only one around that works good.
Its sometimes buggy though, last I used was up to November last year. Don't know about the latest updates.
I've since changed all my drives back to NTFS, since Snow Leopard has (hidden) native support for writing NTFS files. (Google that - fstab ntfs mac) ;)
I am using HVF_Explorer with a WIN32 system.HVF_Explorer does a pretty good job, and its free.
Hfs+ Format
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