[SOLVED] Accessing Macbook Pro late 2013 SSD in Windows

Status
Not open for further replies.

blidblid

Commendable
Nov 10, 2016
1
0
1,510
I accidentally poured a glass of beer on my keyboard and destroyed my late 2013 MBP. I am trying to save the contents of the SSD by mounting the SSD in my PCIe slot on my desktop Windows 10 computer using an adapter card made specifically for the late 2013 MBP SSD.
The disk now shows in Windows dskmgmt, but nowhere else in the computer. It is labeled as 'unknown' and Windows ask me to initialize the disk.

I've tried to use Paragon HFS+, HFSexplorer and MacDrive to find it, but to no success. I read that post Yosemite 10.10 (I have Sierra), the partitioning scheme CoreStorage is used automatically on MBP's internal SSDs. Could that be the reason I can't access it in Windows using the softwares? If that's the case, is there any way I can access the data without another Mac?

Could be the SSD is dead too... do you think it is okay if it shows in dskmgmt with Windows saying 'This device is working properly.'?
 
Solution
Macs have something called Target Disk Mode. If you can get your Macbook to boot up to at least target disk mode, you could use Paragon HFS+ and a Thunderbolt PCI-E card to access the disk.

To boot into target disk mode on a mac, you need to hold T during bootup.
Macs have something called Target Disk Mode. If you can get your Macbook to boot up to at least target disk mode, you could use Paragon HFS+ and a Thunderbolt PCI-E card to access the disk.

To boot into target disk mode on a mac, you need to hold T during bootup.
 
Solution
Status
Not open for further replies.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts