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Best Solution for storing files from a real old Partioned iMac...
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1699421"><p>OK, couple of things. Can you tell us what your "ancient" machine really is? If it can boot Windows, the drive is probably not "busted" but may take some fixing to get OS X going again. What version of OS X was installed before the problems started? What makes you think the drive is busted? If you can read the OS X partition from Windows, then you can copy the files you want off to any external drive. But that ability creates an interesting choice for you: the USB port is not going to be as fast as the firewire, but firewire drives cost more than USB drives. So you will have to make a decision of "Do I spend more money to save a lot of time, or do I save money and invest time in recovering my files?" You also didn't say how big the current drive is, but drives are crazy cheap now. Take a look at macsales.com and you'll see what I mean. <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/EliteALmini/eSATA-FW800-FW400-USB" target="_blank">http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/EliteALmini/eSATA-FW800-FW400-USB</a></p><p></p><p>In general, hard drives start to show age at about 4-5 years, so anything you buy now will most likely need replacing no matter the path you take. That's just how life goes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1699421"] OK, couple of things. Can you tell us what your "ancient" machine really is? If it can boot Windows, the drive is probably not "busted" but may take some fixing to get OS X going again. What version of OS X was installed before the problems started? What makes you think the drive is busted? If you can read the OS X partition from Windows, then you can copy the files you want off to any external drive. But that ability creates an interesting choice for you: the USB port is not going to be as fast as the firewire, but firewire drives cost more than USB drives. So you will have to make a decision of "Do I spend more money to save a lot of time, or do I save money and invest time in recovering my files?" You also didn't say how big the current drive is, but drives are crazy cheap now. Take a look at macsales.com and you'll see what I mean. [url]http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/EliteALmini/eSATA-FW800-FW400-USB[/url] In general, hard drives start to show age at about 4-5 years, so anything you buy now will most likely need replacing no matter the path you take. That's just how life goes. [/QUOTE]
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