Hi guys. I've got a really important question regarding a recently replaced Internal Hard drive. I just recently got my macbook (White model - 13 inch - late 2008) back from the apple store after being repaired. As part of the repair they have installed a brand new hard drive into the macbook and transferred the data from the old HD. However, their are a few important files missing that I really need to retrieve. (These files are mostly old photos that I kept in quite an obscure location somewhere "system --- Library --- Printers --- PPDs". So it is quite understandable they did not get transferred during the transfer. Don't ask me why I stored them there. They are photos that are very important to me, that I didn't want anyone to be able to find and that I thought would be safe. Pretty stupid I know, considering I had no backup prior to the fault it was really quite pointless.
Apple made the old HD available to me and I have that here with me, and as far as I know it is still fully functional (they replaced it as a precaution after they found evidence of some slight damage) but considering they were able to do a data tranfer I'm guessing it is still working and accessible. So could somebody please inform me of the best way to retrieve files from this HD? I know it is possible to connect via USB and use it like an external HD to drag and drop files but I just don't know how to go about doing this. I have an iMac and obviously the Macbook that I could use for this. I believe the HD is SATA, not that this means much to me but I think it's important regarding the cable you need to connect it.
Please let me know of any suggestions.
Thank you
Apple made the old HD available to me and I have that here with me, and as far as I know it is still fully functional (they replaced it as a precaution after they found evidence of some slight damage) but considering they were able to do a data tranfer I'm guessing it is still working and accessible. So could somebody please inform me of the best way to retrieve files from this HD? I know it is possible to connect via USB and use it like an external HD to drag and drop files but I just don't know how to go about doing this. I have an iMac and obviously the Macbook that I could use for this. I believe the HD is SATA, not that this means much to me but I think it's important regarding the cable you need to connect it.
Please let me know of any suggestions.
Thank you