Trying to backup a Mac drive under Vista can't detect it with MacDrive or HFSExplorer

[Arkitech]

So I'm trying to back up a Mac drive for a customer, but I can't view the drive from either MacDrive (ver. 8 trial) or with HFSExplorer. Under disk management I can see the drive listed as being not initialized and having unallocated space. I generally don't work with Macs so I'm not sure what to do at this point.

Are there any Acronis like tools that would work in this situation? Does the drive need to be initialized? I realize I probably should'nt attempt to initialize a Mac drive from Vista, so I'm thinking I need a Mac compatible disk tool application. Any suggestions?

 

[TheStu]

From whence comes the drive?

 

[dawks]

So I'm trying to back up a Mac drive for a customer, but I can't view the drive from either MacDrive (ver. 8 trial) or with HFSExplorer. Under disk management I can see the drive listed as being not initialized and having unallocated space. I generally don't work with Macs so I'm not sure what to do at this point.

Are there any Acronis like tools that would work in this situation? Does the drive need to be initialized? I realize I probably should'nt attempt to initialize a Mac drive from Vista, so I'm thinking I need a Mac compatible disk tool application. Any suggestions?

If you cant read the drive with macdrive installed, there might be something wrong with the disk, either physically or with the FS. You shouldn't have to initialize anything.

Your best/safest bet is obviously to find a working mac and copy the data that way.

 

[Nothinman]

Or a Linux Live CD or USB stick. It supports all of the partition layouts out there and the HFS+ filesystem. At the very least the partitioning tools will tell you more about the state of the drive than Windows.