Mac Volume/Parition not visible in Windows XP

Question

I'm getting a weird issue and apparently no one else have got this before (have been gone through all the forum).
The issue is that I don't see the Mac OS-X HFS+ volume/partition in Windows XP Professional (using the Bootcamp). I first installed the Bootcamp 3.0 drivers for Windows, and after not seeing the HFS+ partition, even upgraded to Bootcamp 3.1, but still can't see that drive. My understanding is that it should be visible in the Explorer with other drives, right?
BTW, I tried using the HSF Explorer utility and I can see the Mac Partition using that, but I don't like it much as have to extract the files to actually use them. But it confirms the partition is there and is accessible too.
I can even see the HFS driver files in my windows folder "WINDOWS\system32\drivers" (AppleHFS.sys, AppleMNT.sys, etc).
Any body can help me how to use these drivers to manually mount that drive or how to automate that?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Akbar

Answer 1

<!--
Information on Boot Camp build
--> 
- <BuildInfo BuildNumber="5640" ProductName="Boot Camp"> 
- <MsiInfo> 
<ProductManufacturer>Apple Inc.</ProductManufacturer>  
<ProductVersion>5.1.5640</ProductVersion>  
<ProductCode>{FA2B2C2A-EA41-495A-9308-60726125D562}</ProductCode>  
- <Component Name="AppleOSSMgr.exe" GUID="*" SharedDLL="yes"> 
- <File Name="AppleOSSMgr.exe"> 
<KeyPath>yes</KeyPath>  
<FileVersion>4.2.0.0</FileVersion>  
</File>
And I have checked HFS+ drivers too, its there in Driver folder.