At the top of this forum is the Lost and Found post where you can read about The LaCie Miracle.
In short we boot from CD and access our files! No real skill required.
Bob
I bought a My Book Home Edition 500 gb Hard Drive, and it doesn't work when I plug it into my PC. It was formatted using a Mac computer (I'm not sure which operating system) and it has a couple important files on it. I don't have access to a Mac and I need to access it on my Windows XP Home Edition computer. How can I do this?

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