Accessing the Contents of a HFD via a Macintosh

by Jim Watters

Using PCMacLAN

If you can get a hold of PCMacLAN by Miramar Systems, Inc. you can access your hard drive file (HDF) from a Macintosh just like it's a shared folder. You go into the PCMacLAN server program and specify that the extensions HF1, HFD, etc. are to be opened by the Mac as type:dimg and creator:ddsk. You can then transfer files to the mounted fusion disk from your Mac or visa-versa via a network connection. You will need Apple's DiskCopy program to actually mount the HDF onto the Mac's desktop.

Here's a demo download link: ftp://support.miramarsys.com/pub/products/pcm72.exe

Using ResEdit

You can also transfer your HDF to a Mac and set the creator and type as above using ResEdit. Diskcopy will then mount the drive as if it were a disk. Files then can be copied back and forth. Then the Fusion hard drive file can be copied back to your PC (that's the cheap way of doing it).