Unformat ntfs

I have an external drive for large data backups, formatted for Mac, which was formated with NTFS by a "gamer" who took it from my office because he needed room for his games. He formatted it since the drive would not read in a windows machine. How can I get my data back - essentially reverse the NTFS format operation?

You won't be able to get your data back unless you backed the data up to another drive before it was formatted to NTFS. The only thing that can be done is reformatting the drive again so that you can start using it with your mac again. You can reformat the drive by using the disk utility application under your utilities folder on your mac.

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  • New to Solaris, Some Samba and NTFS issues.

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    875739 wrote:
    Hi Im new to solaris and trying out ZFS which has been great.
    Im haivng some trouble that I cant find up to date info on so here goes:
    First how do you mount an NTFS volume in Solaris 11 Express?
    I need to access the data on an NTFS drive to populate my new ZFS tank.I never had a need for it but I think you'll have to compile fuse ntfs-3g manually.
    http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/u46DbWSGcIzl7pexf4hQ
    >
    Secondly, I have read only access on my samba shares from windows machines but my smb.conf looks right. a copy of my smb.conf will follow
    Any suggestions would be appreciated.You don't need to use Samba in Solaris 11 Express.
    http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19963-01/html/821-1448/gaynd.html#gayne

  • How can I write to a ntfs formatted drive?

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    No Apple solution (well, the solution would be for you to only buy Mac stuff and reformat your hard drive to Mac ).
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  • Ntfs Event 153 causing an external drive to be dismounted on WIndows 8 system?

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  • I have a external Hard drive of 1TB. I want to transfer HD movies to it from my MAC but it can only take 4 gb at a time, now i have to format it which is the best format in this situation NTFS or exFAT, as i use windows part ion as well??

    I have a external Hard drive of 1TB. I want to transfer HD movies to it from my MAC but it can only take 4 gb at a time, now i have to format it which is the best format in this situation NTFS or exFAT, as i use windows part ion as well?? plzz help
    Merry Christmas

    Repartition and format the drive for a Mac:
    Drive Preparation
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