I have a question about exteresnal/internal hardriv

fuji1 · fuji1 #1 (**permalink**)

02-01-2007, 09:34 AM

Guys,

I have my old internal hardrive from my pc. It has one of those tape ribbons hook ups. Is there any way I can do a tape to a fire wire or USB and hook it up to the mac?

I would like to take the information off this and import it to the mac.

I know there are other ways like to hook it up internally to the pc and send it to my external. I would like to know if there is a simple way going to the mac.

Thanks,

Joe

mac57 · mac57 #2 (**permalink**)

02-01-2007, 09:54 AM

Sounds like a very old IDE connection. I don't think any current Macs support this.

I suspect that the only way to get the data off is to use it in your old PC and do Windows file sharing or some such to get the data off of the PC and onto the Mac.

Mr Bobbins · Mr Bobbins #3 (**permalink**)

02-01-2007, 01:35 PM

Has the PC got a ethernet card ? Maybe you could connect it to the Mac that way and then transfer the information ?. You will need a PC to PC ethernet cable as a pose to one that connects to a router.

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Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	02-01-2007, 09:54 AM Sounds like a very old IDE connection. I don't think any current Macs support this. I suspect that the only way to get the data off is to use it in your old PC and do Windows file sharing or some such to get the data off of the PC and onto the Mac. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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Member Since: Jan 18, 2007 Posts: 18	02-01-2007, 09:34 AM Guys, I have my old internal hardrive from my pc. It has one of those tape ribbons hook ups. Is there any way I can do a tape to a fire wire or USB and hook it up to the mac? I would like to take the information off this and import it to the mac. I know there are other ways like to hook it up internally to the pc and send it to my external. I would like to know if there is a simple way going to the mac. Thanks, Joe
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