Recovering files from a PC hard drive using a MAC?

[custerdome]

Hi there, I had a PC before I had a MAC, and I started using my external hard drive (a FAT32 drive) with my MAC using NTFS-3g.

Now my hard drive has stopped working - it is recognised by my mac although no files show up, and it is not recognised in the PCs I've tried it in, and seems to crash them.

I tried DiskWarrior to recover the data, but it only works in NTFS. I am looking for a way to try and fix the drive and retrieve the data using a mac rather than a PC.

Thanks!

 

[MisterMe]

First off, it is Mac not MAC. MAC is an acronym for Media Access Control. A MAC address is a unique network identifier.

Next, you are all over the map. MacOS X reads FAT32 out-of-the-box. It also reads NTFS volumes out-of-the-box. NTFS-3G is required for free write access to NTFS volumes.

A word to the wise: If your hard drive is faulty, then there is nothing that anyone here can do to help you. You should stop futzing with the drive--immediately! Get it to a technician who has the ability to recover its files. Your attempts to "fix" it will only make matters worse.