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[SOLVED] Trying to restore files from Seagate hard drive
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First let me say that I am a computer numbskull. I first set it up on a PC. That crashed and I now have a Mac. I would completely reformat it, but there are files on it I need. I don't know how it was set up, I just did what it told me. When I do the First Aid thing with my Mac now, it shows me a partition bar that appears to be all Linux partitions. I hope that answers your question.
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I've not done what you are trying to do before so proceed with caution. One method may be to use MacFuse if indeed the partitions were created by a Linux distro (flavor). However, if you formatted the drive on a PC using Windows then it is a possibility that the drive is formatted as NTFS and in that case you would need to try something different. To err on the side of caution I won't recommend a possible method until I know for sure what file system the drive is using. Could you post a screen shot of what you see in disk utility.
To take a screen shot do one of the following:
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Screen Shot of a Portion of your screen.
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To take a screen shot do one of the following:
Full Screen Shot
Press Command + Shift + 3.
Screen Shot of a Portion of your screen.
Press Command + Shift + 4.
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