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Question posted by peterhcook on January 17th, 2014

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Answer #1: Posted by NDJay on January 17th, 2014 1:33 AM

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Step 1
Connect the Seagate external “for Mac” drive to the Windows computer. The drive must be connected to the computer during installation; otherwise the installation will not complete.
Step 2
Download the file HFS4WIN.exe to your Windows computer.
Step 3
Double-click on the HFS4WIN.exe file to start the installation.
Step 4
Follow the Wizard prompts to complete the installation.
Step 5
Reboot the computer.
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The Seagate “for Mac” drive displays in (My) Computer and Windows/File Explorer as a drive letter (for example, E:).

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