Cant read usp external storage drives on windows

anyone know why I can't read usp external hard drives used as mass storage devices on windows?? They contain mac files but no big deal....just jpg files mostly. I thought you should be able to read them similar to memory sticks, memory chips, etc...

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
in addition to Axels post, you can have a look at MacDrive http://mediafour.com/products/macdrive/ which so far is the only way to enable Windows to read and write Mac formatted harddisks.
Regards
Stefan

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