While moving into my new house, my eMac took a tumble down the stairs and has since been rendered unuseable. I was hoping someone could suggest the best way to go about retrieving all my data off the hard drive. I have since bought a new G5 iMac. Can I swap drives?
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eMac trashed-need data!
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jimbopalmer
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if you put the eMac drive in a firewire case, it should plug in external to the G5
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I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.
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I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.
Jimbopalmer's itdea is your best bet.
OW computing - his link - is an excellent source. You'll find a wider selection of Firewire enclosures if you go to their main site:
I'd suggest getting one that supports both FW and USB. That's only because I once wiped out the firewire connect on an outboard drive by installing an OSX update without disconeecting the drive - not reading Apple's warning. I was able to connect to the usb and maintain all the data. A an extra usb interface also allows you to connect to an older, non firewire mac.
OW computing - his link - is an excellent source. You'll find a wider selection of Firewire enclosures if you go to their main site:
I'd suggest getting one that supports both FW and USB. That's only because I once wiped out the firewire connect on an outboard drive by installing an OSX update without disconeecting the drive - not reading Apple's warning. I was able to connect to the usb and maintain all the data. A an extra usb interface also allows you to connect to an older, non firewire mac.
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jimbopalmer
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Hmm I would be surprised any retailers were still selling firewire enclosures with firmware from 2003 in 2005, although it may be an issue with ebay
I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.
I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.
The bug is not really a loss of data. It's that the computer will no longer recognize the drive - which happened to me. That's the beauty of spending a little more for firewire/usb. Iplugged it into a usb port and all data was there and usable. My auto backup program even continued to work.
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