Using HD from old windows machine as secondary HD for iMac.

dadon4sho

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I bought an enclosure for the HD however the imac wont recognize it. All the Mac shows is "system reserved" I know i have to formart to FAT32 but i dont want to loose any of the files on the PC HD.
The PC no longer boots up. How can i get my files from the PC HD? to the mac HD and use the PC HD as a secondary HD
thank you
 
Solution
There's no way to change from NTFS to FAT32 without destroying the data on the drive, but you don't need to do that.
Install NTFS-3G on your Mac and it should be able to read the drive as it is: http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/