Hierarchical File System Plus, also known as Mac OS Extended, is the primary file system format used in Mac computers. Windows, on the other hand, runs off file allocation system or New Technology. Reading HFS+ formatted disks on Windows 7 using HFSExplorer. HFSExplorer is an application that can read Mac-formatted hard disks and disk images. It can read the file systems HFS (Mac OS Standard), HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) and HFSX (Mac OS Extended with case sensitive file names). For instance, if you are running HFS+ for Windows by Paragon Software in a BootCamp configuration, you won’t be able to see the Mac OS X system drive due to Core Storage restrictions. You can disable Core Storage to solve this problem.
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Hierarchical File System Plus, also known as Mac OS Extended, is the primary file system format used in Mac computers. Windows, on the other hand, runs off file allocation system or New Technology File System. Neither Mac OS nor Windows recognize each other's volume formats. Most users will never need to create an HFS+ disk outside of Mac, but businesses that rely on virtualization to run other operating systems may need to format in Windows a flash drive with an HFS+ partition. Once the partition has been created on the storage device, the Mac OS installation files can be copied to the drive.
1.Click 'Start.' Type 'command' into the search bar and press 'Enter.' Select 'Command Prompt' from the list of search results.
2.Type 'diskpart.exe' without quotes into Command Prompt and then press 'Enter' to run DiskPart.
3.Execute the following commands to select the target disk:
list disk select disk #
Replace '#' with the number associated with the appropriate storage device. Use the Size and Free fields to differentiate between the disks, if necessary.
4.Run the command 'clean' to wipe the disk of partition and volume formatting.
5.Execute the following command to create an HFS+ partition on the disk:
create partition primary id=af
6.Type 'list partition' into Command Prompt and press 'Enter' to see the new partition.
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Run the command 'select partition #' replacing the '#' with the number assigned to the HFS+ partition. Type 'active' and then press 'Enter' to mark the partition as a system volume.
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