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<blockquote data-quote="n8cas" data-source="post: 1699411" data-attributes="member: 52067"><p>My iMac is ancient. The hard drive is busted. I can't even get OS X to start, BUT I partitioned it way back when and can still run Windows. I have access to my files through some software (boot camp, maybe?) Anyways, I want to back up a lot of my old jpegs, .movs, and .doc files. </p><p></p><p>What's the best way to rescue these files? I can access them through windows, but I'd want an external that would work with a MAC (I'm never going back to windows). Should I get another external hard drive? I have an old seagate that won't let me write to it anymore (I'm not even sure if I could access what's on that old external). My iMac only has old USB and 1 or 2 firewire connectors. I'd be running windows, so would that mean I would need a hard drive for Windows and Mac? I don't want to spend more than $150-200 on a new hard drive that will eventually break on me 4 years down the road. Should I just buy a bunch of high capacity USB drives? </p><p></p><p>Ultimately, it'd be great if I could get all my family's photos, movies, and documents up to the cloud - but I don't know how that's going to happen given my sticky situation. Plus, I'm low on funds. Thanks for your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="n8cas, post: 1699411, member: 52067"] My iMac is ancient. The hard drive is busted. I can't even get OS X to start, BUT I partitioned it way back when and can still run Windows. I have access to my files through some software (boot camp, maybe?) Anyways, I want to back up a lot of my old jpegs, .movs, and .doc files. What's the best way to rescue these files? I can access them through windows, but I'd want an external that would work with a MAC (I'm never going back to windows). Should I get another external hard drive? I have an old seagate that won't let me write to it anymore (I'm not even sure if I could access what's on that old external). My iMac only has old USB and 1 or 2 firewire connectors. I'd be running windows, so would that mean I would need a hard drive for Windows and Mac? I don't want to spend more than $150-200 on a new hard drive that will eventually break on me 4 years down the road. Should I just buy a bunch of high capacity USB drives? Ultimately, it'd be great if I could get all my family's photos, movies, and documents up to the cloud - but I don't know how that's going to happen given my sticky situation. Plus, I'm low on funds. Thanks for your help. [/QUOTE]
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