1-16 of 427 results for 'disk reader for mac' Amazon's Choice for 'disk reader for mac'. Plug in and play on Mac OS, Linux, or Windows XP/2003. The best choice might be Universal Disk Format.Windows XP, Mac OS, and Linux all support UDF reading and writing. UDF has good Unicode support and does not have the 4gb maximum size limit of FAT32.

Rakesh Shewale writes with a common question about formatting compatibility:

ExtFS for Mac by Paragon Software inherits the best of Apple’s Disk Utility, taking it to the next level by augmenting Linux ext2, ext3 or ext4 volume operations and advanced mount options. Mounting is under your control with advanced options.

I bought a new external HDD for my mac about a month ago and formatted it to Mac OS X Extended Journaled. Now it has my all data. But the problem is I can’t access this HDD from my PC which has Windows and Linux.

The trouble is that the drive is already formatted—this limits options, but it’s neither expensive nor impossible to proceed. Paragon is a long-time developer of cross-platform Mac/Windows disk mounting software, and its HFS+ for Windows 10 works on Windows releases all the way back to XP and Windows Server 2003 all the way through the present Windows 10 release. It’s $20, but also has a 10-day trial. HFSExplorer for Windows is free and updated for Windows 10, but requires the installation of the Java 5 or later runtime environment (JRE), which can introduce security issues unless you configure it carefully.

For Ubuntu users and those with Unix or Linux distributions that can support hfsprogs, you can turn to a detailed thread at Ask Ubuntu for advice on mounting in read-only mode or, with some additional effort, as read/write.

If you’re starting from scratch, you can initialize a drive as MS-DOS (FAT)—better known as FAT32—which is readable up to Windows XP with the Master Boot Record scheme. Or, as long as you’re using Windows 7 or later with a 64-bit PC, you can pick both ExFAT, a replacement that handles much larger files (4GB and larger), and GUID Partition Map. A drive formatted in this fashion can be swapped between a Mac and Windows PC.

However, you might choose instead a format you can use easily with OS X, Windows, and Linux. Topher Kessler wrote in Macworld in December 2014 about using FUSE to extend which formats a Mac can read and write, including the common Linux format ext3.

While ext3 can’t be mounted directly in Windows, you can turn to the free Ext2Fsd Project, which isn’t yet compatible with Windows 10 at this writing. It’s also an unsupported project—there’s no one to complain to about crashes or data failures. For supported software, Paragon’s ExtFS for Windows Professional ($20, works up through Windows 10) will do the trick.

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Windows does not support the partitions usually used by Linux like Ext2, Ext3 and Ext4 and therefore you cannot access the Linux partitions or disk drives from withing Windows. This turns into a big problem if you have a dual boot system with Windows and Linux and want to access your Linux files from inside Windows. The same is true for the Mac partitions like HFS and HFS+ as they are also not supported by Windows.

There is only one solution to take care of this problem – DiskInternals Linux Reader. This software is designed for Windows and allows you to conveniently access the partitions like Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, HFS, HFS+, exFAT and ReiserFS. After the installation of this software, you can launch the DiskInternals Linux Reader from its shortcut in the Start Menu. The software looks for any partitions that it can recognize and can access. Then it displays them all in the very familiar Windows File Explorer style window. You can double-click on any of the partitions and access all the files and folders as usual.

For all of these partitions, the user is given only read-only permissions. This means that you can read and copy files from these partitions into your Windows partitions. But you won’t be able to modify or copy files on to these Linux or Mac partitions. According to DiskInternals, this is done to prevent any inadvertent changes made to the operating systems installed in those Linux or Mac partitions. Nevertheless, it is much better to have the power to access these partitions and copy your files into Windows without having to reboot into Linux or attaching your hard drive to a Mac computer.

DiskIntenals Linux Reader is a great tool to read files stored on Linux and Mac partitions from within Windows. It should be installed by all the people who use a dual boot Linux and Windows system.

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You can download DiskInternals Linux Reader from https://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/.

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