Hi guys,
I was hoping someone may be able to offer some pearls of wisdom
regarding the following circumstances:
- Trust G3 iBook died on a recent overseas trip.
- Diagnostic & repair costs not worth it for an outdated machine.
- I'd like to salvage the hard drive.
- I'm awaiting delivery of an external USB 2.0 2.5" SATA HD case.
- I want to copy the contents of the old HD to my newer iMac.
Questions!!
1. Is the HDD in my poor old iBook a 2.5" ATA drive? (I've yet to rip it
apart and actually look, but playing the odds here).
2. Assuming the thing works with the HD controller/case I've bought, and
it happily talks to my iMac, will the files be readily read-accessible?
Will file permissions cause a problem?
3. Pursuant to question 2... can I / do I need to boot from the external
HDD and log in as myself (on the "old"/iBook OS (10.3.9)) to then copy
the files across to my newer iMac (running 10.5)?
I cannot simply connect them with a firewire cable and boot the iBook in
target mode as it just isn't managing to boot up. :(
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Chris Cole
telemark@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
