OS 10.5 - bust mac

anarchofreak · anarchofreak #1 (**permalink**)

02-25-2009, 01:39 PM

hey guys hope you can help coz im in desperate need of this information. right my mate bought a new macbook pro just after christmas and his hard drive has failed and there is a lot of information that he needs coz he's a producer is there anyway that i can get the information off his hardrive using my mac or any other suggestions that you guys can help me with, get back to me asap

Thanks to all,

anarchofreak

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

02-25-2009, 01:55 PM

You can try to hook his MBP to your Mac via Target Mode. Both machines must be hooked together via firewire. See the following Apple KB article.

Link

Once booted from Target Mode, you can attempt to copy from his machine's hard drive to yours. However, if his hard drive is defective, there may be no way to extract the data without great expense.

Regards.

Juan Largo · Juan Largo #3 (**permalink**)

02-25-2009, 01:58 PM

First off, your mate's Mac is still under warranty. So you want to have Apple look at it and make sure it really is a HDD failure and not something else that is easily fixed. If the HDD really is bad, then you may or may not be able to recover the data, depending on what kind of failure occurred. If it is possible, then the Apple experts will probably do it for you for free. If not, well ...

anarchofreak · anarchofreak #4 (**permalink**)

02-25-2009, 02:01 PM

tried it, the macbook wont recognize any devices

thanks for you help anyway much appreciated

Thanks

anarchofreak

leopard-user1 · leopard-user1 #5 (**permalink**)

02-25-2009, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chscag

You can try to hook his MBP to your Mac via Target Mode. Both machines must be hooked together via firewire. See the following Apple KB article.

Link

Once booted from Target Mode, you can attempt to copy from his machine's hard drive to yours. However, if his hard drive is defective, there may be no way to extract the data without great expense.

Regards.

exactly what I was going to say. I had to do that once.

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anarchofreak #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 21, 2009 Posts: 9	02-25-2009, 01:39 PM hey guys hope you can help coz im in desperate need of this information. right my mate bought a new macbook pro just after christmas and his hard drive has failed and there is a lot of information that he needs coz he's a producer is there anyway that i can get the information off his hardrive using my mac or any other suggestions that you guys can help me with, get back to me asap Thanks to all, anarchofreak
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chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,378 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	02-25-2009, 01:55 PM You can try to hook his MBP to your Mac via Target Mode. Both machines must be hooked together via firewire. See the following Apple KB article. Link Once booted from Target Mode, you can attempt to copy from his machine's hard drive to yours. However, if his hard drive is defective, there may be no way to extract the data without great expense. Regards.
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anarchofreak #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 21, 2009 Posts: 9	02-25-2009, 02:01 PM tried it, the macbook wont recognize any devices thanks for you help anyway much appreciated Thanks anarchofreak
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