HFS volume not openable on windows 10
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americanboyhamilton
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R2D2_WD
Sep 11, 2015 at 03:12 AM
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Sep 11, 2015 at 03:12 AM
Hi Americanboyhamilton,
If you have removed the encryption, the issue may be related to something else. So, right now the hard drive is recognized in Disk Management, but without a drive letter. What happens when you right click the drive? If there is no option to assign a letter, try using the diskpart command from the Command Prompt.
Diskpart
List volume
Select volume n (where n is the number of the volume)
Assign letter=L (where L is any drive letter that you like and is not in use)
I strongly recommend you to check the drive on another Windows PC. If you are able to backup your data on the Mac, format the drive, copy the data and try it on the Windows laptop. I would check the drive with Data Lifeguard Diagnostic to exclude drive problem.
http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=smVOx1 - Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows
Hope this helps
If you have removed the encryption, the issue may be related to something else. So, right now the hard drive is recognized in Disk Management, but without a drive letter. What happens when you right click the drive? If there is no option to assign a letter, try using the diskpart command from the Command Prompt.
Diskpart
List volume
Select volume n (where n is the number of the volume)
Assign letter=L (where L is any drive letter that you like and is not in use)
I strongly recommend you to check the drive on another Windows PC. If you are able to backup your data on the Mac, format the drive, copy the data and try it on the Windows laptop. I would check the drive with Data Lifeguard Diagnostic to exclude drive problem.
http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=smVOx1 - Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows
Hope this helps
americanboyhamilton
Sep 11, 2015 at 05:21 PM
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Sep 11, 2015 at 05:21 PM
Thanks For the reply.
Yeah, the option to assign letter is greyed out.
I eventually gave up and manually transferred all the files via usb sticks. It was endless but I couldn't find anyway around. Then I reformatted the HD in exFat, hoping to never have to do this ordeal again.
Yeah, the option to assign letter is greyed out.
I eventually gave up and manually transferred all the files via usb sticks. It was endless but I couldn't find anyway around. Then I reformatted the HD in exFat, hoping to never have to do this ordeal again.