Vista 64bit and HFS+

[Desmo]

I've got an external HDD that I want to use on the Xbox and the best thing to do is format it with HFS+

Now, the only proggy I can find to do this is MacDrive...which doesn't work on Vista64 :/

Does anybody know of anything else I can use?

It's not the end of the world if I can't sort this, but it would be handy.

[LeperousDust]

Haven't checked but hirens BootCD and/or any other boot CD's like gparted boot cd, should possibly be able to do it? External of whatever OS you're running, obviously because you'd be booting from them...

[Desmo]

Sorry mate, I didn't make myself very clear reading back my post.

I want to be able to mount the external HFS formated drive in Vista. MacDrive does exactly what I need but it doesn't run on the 64 bit version of Vista yet.

[Mark]

HFS+? I thought it was only Macs that use that. :huh:

Don't know of any solution beyond the one you've found doesn't work. Vista64 is a complete **** when it comes to unusual drivers thanks to it's kernel protection.

[Desmo]

HFS is for Macs, but it also works on the 360...but for some reason Microsoft didn't allow NTFS to work :confused:

[Daz]

Really? How daft. Probably something to do with the iPod I guess on the HFS front I mean.

FAT no good to you? Big files?

[LeperousDust]

Wow how retarded of microsoft, you can't mount HFS in vista i don;t think. TBH apart from NTFS and FAT most stuff is a pain to work with it seems, i was going to stick with reiser xfs or xt3 with my linux build but it just wont work easily with windows which is the main point.... :(

[SidewinderINC]

If you find out how to get a PC working well with a Mac format then please let me know as I'm interested in the same thing.

Can the Xbox access NAS? I've no idea what functionality it has but I know that mac's can read/write NTFS if it's in a NAS box so maybe the Xbox can too if it's possible.


I'll keep hunting

[Desmo]

FAT no good to you? Big files?
It'll do, but as you say, big files are a problem hence wanting to use HFS. Guess I'll just have to wait for MacDrive to go 64bit.

Having said all this, I'm glad I made the upgrade. It seems to be soooo much quicker. Now whether that's down to a good format, clearing out all the pre-installed Dell crap, or just the difference between 32 and 64 bit, I don't know. But I'm pleased :)

[Desmo]

If you find out how to get a PC working well with a Mac format then please let me know as I'm interested in the same thing.
Just use MacDrive. It works fine on XP or Vista as long as it's 32bit.

[SidewinderINC]

as long as it's 32bit.

:(

[After_8]

Edit: Disregard entire post. I misunderstood the question.

[After_8]

I'm confused. Why do you want to do this, anyway?
Surely if you're putting the drive in your XBox, other than formatting it, you won't be able to mount it in Vista anyway, since it'll be in your XBox, not in your PC.

If you can give some more info, I'll look into it a bit, since this's the kind of thing that would piss me off if I couldn't solve :)

[Desmo]

It's an external USB drive. I was going to keep music, films and photos on it and connect it to the 360 via USB. But to copy the files over, I'd quickly plug it into my laptop to pop them on, then plug it back into the 360 again :)

FAT works on both. NTFS works on laptop but not 360. HFS works on 360 but not laptop. But FAT has the file size limit whereas the others dont. Like I said, it's not a major problem for now, but would be nice.

[Daz]

If bandwidth isnt a problem then you could serve everything off the PC. Tis what I do, currently using Tversity, may just use WMP if they add divx support in the next dash.x Should work with any upnp media client as well, including itunes iirc.

[Desmo]

Aye, it's not too bad now as with Ultimate, I can run the 360 as a mdia extender so whatever the laptop can play, so can the 360 :)