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andreadeca · Sep 29, 2007, 09:35 AM

Hey there,

last week had disastrous hard drive crash on my mac.

Luckily I made daily and weekly backups on an external drive with Mac Backup v3, so I have all my data safely backed up till the day the hard drive died out on me.

However, I am currently using a windows (XP) notebook, waiting that my company gets a new hard drive for me.

The problem is that in the meantime I'd like to get my data back, but Backup stored it in .spareseimage files, which I am sure are easy enough to open on a Mac, but I can't find a way to open them on Windows.

Already tried Macdrive, but it does not open .sparseimage files... any ideas?

Thanks,
Andrea

mduell · Sep 29, 2007, 10:35 AM

The forum rules say:
Posting Etiquette
Step 1: Search and Research
First, search to see if anyone has posted the same question or item. If you have a question, search for relevant keywords. (It helps to restrict your search to the relevant forum.) Do a general web search for the problem, too — you're probably not the first person to encounter it.

The answer is on the first page of results for the obvious Google query ("open sparseimage windows").

andreadeca · Sep 29, 2007, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by mduell

The answer is on the first page of results for the obvious Google query ("open sparseimage windows").

Please indicate which one... because I went through and read them all (yes... before posting on this forum). and did not find anything useful.

Thanks,
Andrea

TETENAL · Sep 29, 2007, 01:16 PM

Mediafour | MacDrive 7

alex_kac · Sep 29, 2007, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

Mediafour | MacDrive 7

Did you not read the part where he said he drive MacDrive and it didn't work?

TETENAL · Sep 29, 2007, 03:14 PM

Sorry, I missed that part. I guess it's not possible then.

How hard is it to get a replacement drive anyway? Last week? This shouldn't take longer than a few hours.

mduell · Sep 29, 2007, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by andreadeca

Please indicate which one... because I went through and read them all (yes... before posting on this forum). and did not find anything useful.

Thanks,
Andrea

The 10th item on the first page says
Sep. 16, 2007: TransMac v8.0 beta testing begins.
New Features:
- Read, write and create sparseimage disk images.

TETENAL · Sep 29, 2007, 04:29 PM

People in different locations get different results from the same Google search for various reasons. You should know that before lecturing people. I don't get a link to that on the first page.

mduell · Sep 29, 2007, 07:00 PM

Indeed, now I'm seeing it as the 13th result. Still, a very reasonable number of results to expect the OP to look through.

andreadeca · Sep 30, 2007, 02:16 AM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

How hard is it to get a replacement drive anyway? Last week? This shouldn't take longer than a few hours.

True, except my Mac died the day before a three week work trip to Norway (where I am now), so I barely had time to get my hands on a replacement PC. Until I get back, I'm stuck with the Windows system.

Murphys law is always right

Andrea

andreadeca · Sep 30, 2007, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by mduell

The 10th item on the first page says
Sep. 16, 2007: TransMac v8.0 beta testing begins.
New Features:
- Read, write and create sparseimage disk images.

I saw it, but in order to download the beta version you need to sign up for the beta program first and get approved. I'll to that today and see how long it takes, and I'll let you all know if it works in the end.

Andrea