I have installed the full version of Paragon's HFS+. I am fully able to read/write files from the partition that boots OS X, but not an external SSD with the same format.
I get the "pling" sound when I connect it, and I find it in Disk Management (though the format of the disk is not recognized). When following the Help from HFS+, I am not able to complete Step 2:
Call the popup menu for a HFS+/HFSX volume (right click of the
mouse button), then select Change Drive Letter and Paths…
The "Change Drive Letter and Paths" option is grey and unclickable. The only thing I can click on is "Delete volume" or "Help".
Does anyone know what I can do to access the external SSD from Boot Camp?
diskutil cs list:
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
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+-- Logical Volume Group 4B2BB594-30B4-44EF-B948-B6CFCF9C306F
=========================================================
Name: Macintosh HD
Status: Online
Size: 120473067520 B (120.5 GB)
Free Space: 12652544 B (12.7 MB)
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+-< Physical Volume 3DE0D8BA-2D65-4BDC-873E-8DB03D9D89E6
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk1s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 120473067520 B (120.5 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 86D3701B-9522-409A-BFE1-BD65C802DEAB
----------------------------------------------------------
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: None
Conversion Status: NoConversion
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: No
Fully Secure: No
Passphrase Required: No
|
+-> Logical Volume C0ECB057-CE38-4C8C-B69A-14898070383E
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Disk: disk2
Status: Online
Size (Total): 120108089344 B (120.1 GB)
Conversion Progress: -none-
Revertible: No
LV Name: External SSD
Volume Name: External SSD
Content Hint: Apple_HFS
Below you see a screenshot of the Disk Management window (unfortunately in Norwegian)
Best Answer
Disk 1 looks like a typical, bootable OS X drive with an EFI-partition (200 MiB), a main OS X volume and a Recovery HD partition (620 MiB).
I can't say it for sure, but I'd assume your external SSD (disk1 in the Disk Management screenshot) contains a CoreStorage Logical Volume Group on the second partition (112.20 GiB).
To check if the second partition of your external disk contains a CoreStorage LVG boot to an OS X volume and enter
diskutil list
ordiskutil cs list
. If you detect the volume type Apple_CoreStorage next to the second partition of your external drive after entering the first command or a CoreStorage Logical Volume Group or a Logical Volume with the size of ~120 GB after entering the second command, your external disk contains a CoreStorage volume.A Paragon knowledge base article states that Paragon HFS+ isn't compatible with CoreStorage:
To enable r/w support you have to revert the CoreStorage LVG to a normal HFS+ volume.
To revert a CoreStorage volume boot to a Recovery HD or the OS X volume on your internal disk. Enter
diskutil cs list
and copy the Logical Volume UUID. Then enter:diskutil cs revert LVUUID
. Some CoreStorage LVs aren't revertible. If you have enabled FileVault on the external main volume you have to use a passphrase:diskutil cs revert LVUUID -passphrase [passphrase]
.