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From: Malcolm on 25 Aug 2008 10:15
On 2008-08-25 09:43:00 -0400, Bashar <bashar.abdullah(a)gmail.com> said:

> On Aug 24, 2:52�am, Jerry Kindall <jerrykind...(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> In article
>> <2c1d44a6-8115-4a46-9b39-61dd96c94...(a)k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
>>
>>
>>
>> Bashar <bashar.abdul...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Aug 23, 1:26�pm, Malcolm <malcolm(a)invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 2008-08-23 05:50:53 -0400, Bashar <bashar.abdul...(a)gmail.com> said
> :
>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>
>>>>> I have an external hard disk which had NTFS format, by mistake was
>>>>> cleared and reformatted to HFS+ format, and now Windows computers
>>>>> can't read it.
>>
>>>>> I don't want to reformat it through Mac again, as this would risk t
> he
>>>>> data already there. So I am trying recovery tools on Mac that would
>>>>> recover NTFS files. So far I only found R-Studio for Mac, which see
> ms
>>>>> pretty good, but most files I try to recover gives me error from wh
> at
>>>>> I tried in the demo version, and it hangs a lot.
>>
>>>>> I don't mind paying for the software, but is this limitation relate
> d
>>>>> to being demo only? Is the tool good and will do the best possible?
>>>>> Any other tools? Any other suggestions?
>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>
>>>> Look for some disk recovery tools that run in Windows.
>>
>>> Thanks, but as I said, Windows machines are not able to read it.
>>
>> The fact that Windows machines won't read the disk is WHY you need a
>> disk recovery tool. �Windows disk recovery tools are designed to read
>> disks that can't be read by Windows and are often equipped to deal with
>> far worse insults than a mere HFS+ reformat.
>>
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> I guess I didn't explain the case properly. Right now for some reason,
> Windows does not identify the hard disk at all, so I basically cannot
> perform any operations on it.

That's because of the HFS+, but Windows recovery d=software may be able
to see it.

From: Jerry Kindall on 25 Aug 2008 10:21
In article <2008082510152116807-malcolm(a)invalid>, Malcolm
<malcolm(a)invalid> wrote:

> On 2008-08-25 09:43:00 -0400, Bashar <bashar.abdullah(a)gmail.com> said:
>
> > I guess I didn't explain the case properly. Right now for some reason,
> > Windows does not identify the hard disk at all, so I basically cannot
> > perform any operations on it.
>
> That's because of the HFS+, but Windows recovery d=software may be able
> to see it.

If he means it's not showing up in Device Manager... that would be bad.

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