MAC Drive software

Does anyone know or have experience of this software?
http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/
I have been given a drive from a MAC that evidently does not have the 4gb mac partioning in its drive formatting.
I need the 36 GB media file from it. (urgently)
My Win7 system identifies that there is a connected disk drive but there is no way to open it. ie. I can only see it as a device to be ejected BUT there is no drive in "My Computer " or "Explorer" or Devices to open.
Evidently ...the MAC Dive software will solve this issue but I dont want to load a "dodgy" application if I can help it.

This is a bit of an old thread but it might help me get an answer I've been pondering about for a little while recently since buying a WD 2TB My Book Studio.
I've been using Macdrive for years now and absolutely love it! However, being a long-time desktop PC user I have never used any of my external hard drives in the past as a scratch disk. Recently, I upgraded to the more portable land of laptops and it's working great but to make sure I optimised my setup as much as I could, I bought the above mentioned drive because it's RAID0 enabled and e-sata connected giving me a decent, stable data-rate (I assume). The WD drives often come pre-formatted as HFS+ to make it easier for Mac users to just plug-in and go and I thought considering I am often working with colleagues using Macs and FCP too, it would be a good idea to keep this drive formatted this way to retain better compatibility with my peers.
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