Question What cables do I need to get my data off this harddrive and onto my pc please

[Supper lady]

Hi I have a Ts5saf100 hard drive which came out of my broken iMac and I’ve connected it to my windows pc with a Sata cable. It connects as it makes a noise and it shows on disc management but no letter is assigned to it and it’s greyed out on the create thingy. It doesn’t show up on my pc, my files so I Cant get the pics ect off it and I need them asap. Could anyone help me please with simple steps with how to get it to connect and data off it.

 

[COLGeek]

The issue is that formatting is different and the Windows device can't read the info as written.

There are some applications that may help with this, for example:

MacDrive or HFS+ for Windows

MacDrive - MacDrive

MacDrive 11 is the most powerful solution for accessing Mac disks, drives, and even RAID Volumes on Windows.

macdrive.com

HFS+ for Windows by Paragon Software

Boost Your Windows with Paragon File System Link. Read/write macOS HFS+ files on your Windows.

www.paragon-software.com

 

[Supper lady]

Hi are they free applications ? Also how do I use them just plug it in and they should show up there? Thanks for your reply

 

[COLGeek]

Just look at the trial version. Once installed, the tool should walk you through the process.

 

[Supper lady]

Thanks very much I hope it works. Does that seem to be the issue then?

 

[LinuxDevice]

Windows is somewhat problematic when it comes to other filesystems. Your odds of success would go up dramatically if you had Linux on your computer. This does not mean you have to fully install Linux as you could do something like boot from a live DVD or thumb drive. Having dual boot would be an advantage though since you'd probably have to install extra software beyond what a live distribution has. This is what I use when performing data recovery.

You could connect a spare drive which is empty or formatted in NTFS, network install the HFS filesystem software on the live Linux, and then `rsync` directly from the Mac disk to the NTFS disk. If there is actual hardware failure, then I use `dd` with various options, and sometimes other recovery software, to pull content from the drive in question. All of that is free if you have the disk space.

 

[Supper lady]

Windows is somewhat problematic when it comes to other filesystems. Your odds of success would go up dramatically if you had Linux on your computer. This does not mean you have to fully install Linux as you could do something like boot from a live DVD or thumb drive. Having dual boot would be an advantage though since you'd probably have to install extra software beyond what a live distribution has. This is what I use when performing data recovery.

You could connect a spare drive which is empty or formatted in NTFS, network install the HFS filesystem software on the live Linux, and then `rsync` directly from the Mac disk to the NTFS disk. If there is actual hardware failure, then I use `dd` with various options, and sometimes other recovery software, to pull content from the drive in question. All of that is free if you have the disk space.

This is way over my head. Could you please explain step by step how I do this?

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks very much I hope it works. Does that seem to be the issue then?

Yes.
Mac v Windows is probably the issue.

Try the above linked tools.
If that fails, we can try other things.

 

[COLGeek]

Thanks very much I hope it works. Does that seem to be the issue then?

Yes. Any luck?

 

[Supper lady]

Yes. Any luck?

Il try tomorrow not at my pc right now will update x

 

[Supper lady]

Yes. Any luck?

You are amazing thank you so much! I did it on Mac drive was so simple and got all my stuff off it. Thank you again x

 

[COLGeek]

Glad to help. Have a good day!

 

[COLGeek]

By the way, your user name has a very "Keeping Up Appearances" vibe to it. If intended, well done.

 

[Supper lady]

By the way, your user name has a very "Keeping Up Appearances" vibe to it. If intended, well done.

Hahaha 😝