Time Machine Data to Windows 7 / without macbook

Is it possible to get all of at least some of my data from my time machine backup?
I would just use my old macbook and copy it over but it's tanked out and apple won't fix it due to applecare complications.
I already have macdrive so i can see the actually drive, the format of timemachine is in compressed or image form so it's not so easy as picking the files out from folders.

Hi, and welcome to the forums.
No. Windoze (and versions of OSX before Leopard) do not understand the structure of multiple "hard links" (sort of like aliases, used at both the file and directory level) used inTime Machine backups.
You'll need a Mac running Leopard or Snow Leopard.

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For a simple example.. windows will have file issues with large files.. because it is only NTserver FAT32 to windows.. bad luck if you have large files.. !!
Plainly if you use active directory in windows that facility is gone.
I just like Apple products, find them more stable than Windows and easier to use. Plus i can access the server from home if it is an Apple Server.
If you only need remote access for yourself that is fine.. too bad for the windows clients I guess.
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* Click on "Image" then down to "Scan Image for Restore"
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Hi all
I want to move a large amount (about 150GB) of old time machine data from one external hard drive to another so I can use the hard drive for other things. The time machine data is not part of my current time machine backup but an old one (from the same computer) that might come in handy one day
When I try to copy it tells me that I have 13 hours to go. I would like some ways to copy/move the data so that it the copy is interrupted I can resume at the same place.
Any ideas
Thanks
Kevin

soccerdad0071 wrote:
Hi all
I want to move a large amount (about 150GB) of old time machine data from one external hard drive to another so I can use the hard drive for other things. The time machine data is not part of my current time machine backup but an old one (from the same computer) that might come in handy one day
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I would like some ways to copy/move the data so that it the copy is interrupted I can resume at the same place.
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1) Get 1TB external drive, format as HFS+ (including the Gizmodo hint about reformatting Fat32 drives properly by setting GUID Partition table)
2) Attach external drive to MacBook directly-run Time Machine overnight for initial full backup
3) Attach external drive to iMac directly-run Time Machine overnight for initial full backup
4) Attach external drive to my Mac Mini (running Leopard)-don't run Time Machine
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I was actually get things up and working towards the end of January. Somebody replied with the link below to one of the forums I posted to. Since I was already using SuperDuper, I had what I needed.
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