HFS+ from Mac to Windows - Formatted?


  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 10
       #1

    HFS+ from Mac to Windows - Formatted?


    I was using an HFS+ 3TB Buffalo hard drive on my iMac and plugged it into my laptop running Windows 10 Tech Preview. It didn't show up in Explorer but I think I may have formatted it in Disk Utility. Somewhere along the way, a dialog popped up that mentioned a choice between GUID and something else and I clicked GUID, and now it won't work on the Mac or the PC. Did I format it? It must have worked INCREDIBLY quickly to format 3TB in about 3 seconds....
    Also, the partition that used to be there before doesn't show up in anything.
    Is there any way to recover the data?
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  2. Posts : 3,257
    Windows 10 Pro
       #2

    You can't recover it in Windows, you will have to recover it in OSX. Windows rewrote the partition, which means your drive is likely largely still intanct, but you need a utility on the Mac that can recover a lost partition.
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  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks!
    Do you know of any utilities that can do that?
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  4. Posts : 3
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Disk Drill is working very nicely :) Thanks SO much for all the help! You saved 40,000+ family photos....
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