I have this external hard disk of 500Gb of Verbatim. Previously it was of NTFS format. Then I had converted it into Fat32 because I wanted to write stuff on it from MAC. I transferred movies, pictures, videos, songs, etc in it.
Now, I use Windows 8.1. I connect this hard disk. I hear the sound of it getting connected. But then I can't access the hard disk. As in my laptop doesn't read the hard disk.
I read a few posts regarding converting a hard disk from FAT32 to NTFS wiithout losing the files. But I was not sure whether I have the same problem.
I want to transfer all the files in my hard disk to my laptop.
Can anybody please guide me? (I'm a complete layman. Avoid jargons please )
Windows 8 should not have any problem reading FAT32 disk. You did not have a drive letter assigned to it so it is hidden. Connect the HD and from Disk Management, right click on the HD->Change Drive Letter and Paths... then click on Add and assign a letter for it. It should show up under This PC
This hard disk is working fine on a Macbook pro. I can read and write things on it.
When I connect it to my HP Envy with windows 8.1, it doesn't work. :/
Hey, I downloaded a software called HFSExplorer. The pre requirement for this software to work was Java.
With this software I could read and extract my files to windows. Followed the following link: