Thread: Reading HFS+ drives from Windows 7 (32 & 64 Bit)

I've taken the "BAT" script from DigitalDJ and the latest HFS drivers for Windows from the BootCamp 3.1 Update and made this liitle package.

Download it, uncompress it. The open a command prompt as Administrator (Start -> Accessories/Zubehör -> cmd and then right mouse click the cmd).

Change into the extracted directory "AppleBootCamp3.1_HFS" using "cd" and then run the installer script "install_or_remove_hfs.bat" and follow the instructions. Reboot and you will have read-only access to your HFS+ drives.

I have Win7 64Bit with all updates and for me it does work. I can read all my HFS drives.

Just to be sure, here are the SHA hashes of the drivers:

Code:

228e91cf5fd1995e821a9e41b2d132d710257bde  AppleBootCamp3.1_HFS.zip
afdbfa47a7663d10862c3475565b21242c8badb8  AMD64/AppleHFS.sys
91fada2e45c0435168c74010decb224d43773539  AMD64/AppleMNT.sys
8a41a0cd88e007a61a2fddeae4b198884e6541de  x86/AppleHFS.sys
d92cd54150a63e097f118b86a7a27a7cf2a26b54  x86/AppleMNT.sys

As per usual, Excellent work, Thanks

I was waiting for this, thank you

update:

it isn´t working for me
think there is a bug in the script that install the x64AMD version on my intel system.

after resart my win 7 boots in repair mode and is unable to fix itself

Will try it on my Win 7 (x64) today.

[edit]
It works very well. Good job!

These worked great, thanks!

Now if only Apple would fix the large file size problem.

Tim

Thank you great post!

If you only need read support, much easier way is to use the HFS+ Explorer software. It works in all Windows versions, but in Vista/Win7 you have to remember to run it as administrator or else it won't find your HFS+ drive or partition. It allows you to copy files to your regular hard drive and requires no extra drivers so it's safe.

Is this any different than using MacDrive for Win7? Im thinking this method is more stable than MacDrive.

I want to try it but when I click on the attachment, the system says that there is no attachment