MacBook - data recovery! help!

playsguitas · playsguitas #1 (**permalink**)

12-07-2008, 09:39 PM

Hey all, first poster here. I've been using this macbook (original, probably early 2007. it was a hand-me-down) for a while and i tried to boot it up recently and nothing happened. I need the data off the hdd, but don't know how to get it off. the hdd makes no noise, and it seems like the computer is just dead.

I read somewhere that if you use ubuntu, you can take out the hdd and use a hdd to usb adapter and grab your files off like that. would that work in this scenario or is the hdd just plain dead?
any help is greatly appreciated!!

Eric559 · Eric559 #2 (**permalink**)

12-08-2008, 04:12 AM

The hard drive is most likely dead. If this is the case it is going to be very difficult or even impossible to recover data.

Del · Del #3 (**permalink**)

12-08-2008, 10:22 AM

Hard disk might be fine, could just be a faulty power supply.

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playsguitas #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 5 Mac Specs: 2ghz macbook, 2gb 10.4.11, 2.4ghz macbook pro 4gb 10.5.1	12-07-2008, 09:39 PM Hey all, first poster here. I've been using this macbook (original, probably early 2007. it was a hand-me-down) for a while and i tried to boot it up recently and nothing happened. I need the data off the hdd, but don't know how to get it off. the hdd makes no noise, and it seems like the computer is just dead. I read somewhere that if you use ubuntu, you can take out the hdd and use a hdd to usb adapter and grab your files off like that. would that work in this scenario or is the hdd just plain dead? any help is greatly appreciated!!
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Eric559 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 18, 2007 Location: Central California Posts: 3,185 Mac Specs: 2.16GHz C2D MacBook w/ 2GB RAM & 120GB HD. HTC Droid Incredible.	12-08-2008, 04:12 AM The hard drive is most likely dead. If this is the case it is going to be very difficult or even impossible to recover data.
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