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HFS+ is the Hierarchical File System Plus used by Mac OS X. On WindowsForum.com, users discuss the lack of native HFS+ support in Windows, including Windows 7, and seek ways to access HFS+ partitions from Windows. Topics include using third-party tools like MacDrive to read and write HFS+ drives, and comparing HFS+ to NTFS and ext4 regarding fragmentation prevention. Threads cover multi-boot setups with GPT partitions where HFS+ volumes are invisible to Windows, and solutions for making them accessible. The tag reflects community troubleshooting around cross-platform file system compatibility.
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    Windows 8 why cant microsoft improve ntfs?

    I am sick of defragmenting really. My largest free space extent is 234.4GB. Why cant Microsoft just improve NTFS to stop fragmentation instead of relying on defragmentation? look at HFS+ and ext4 they prevent fragmentation first!
    • HFSPLUS
    • Thread
    • defrag ext4 file system fragmentation hfs+ microsoft ntfs performance storage windows
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Accessing GPT partitions

    Hi everyone, my hard disk is GPT partitioned for the benefit of Mac OS X and Linux. I recently created a new partition at the end of my hard disk but I can't seem to access it in Windows. Is there a way to get Windows to see the partition? My hard disk currently looks like this: Mac partition...
    • usuario
    • Thread
    • access compatibility cross-platform disk management drive access ext4 file system gpt hard drive hfs+ linux macos ntfs operating system partition storage swap partition windows
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 and HFS+ (Mac OS X extended File System)

    Windows 7 and HFS+ (Mac OS X extended File System) [SOLVED] For anyone who may have stumbled upon this: I solved this and directions for accessing HFS+ partitions using MacDrive are posted at the bottom of the next post. I'm not quite sure where to put this, so please do move it to a more...
    • dr.vox
    • Thread
    • access cross-platform data transfer disk formatting fat32 file management file system hfs explorer hfs+ library integration mac macdrive ntfs operating system partition software compatibility storage tech support windows 7
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Software
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