Backing up hard drive data to a regular PC

[Xsy]

Good evening. I must sadly inform the death of my Macbook pro , the logic board is dead and with the money im suppose to pay to fix it , I could just buy a new non - apple laptop.

Anyway , thankfully the hard drive is still intact. Is it possible to connect the hard drive to a stationary PC ( or to any other place than my laptop ) , to copy the data? I probably should point out that my main partition is a regular windows one , my mac partition is empty.

 

[VegasGeorge]

Sounds like you wanted a PC anyway. Yes, you can hook your Mac's HD to your PC and recover your data. You need a harness adaptor such as NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter. There are a bunch of different brands to choose from. They aren't very expensive, and are a cool gadget to have handy. Best of luck to you. Don't hesitate to come back to Mac if that new PC disappoints.

 

[ticedoff8]

No - you can't do that.

The Mac disk is formatted as Mac OS Journaling File System - and Windows doesn't recognize a disk with the Mac OS JFS.

It doesn't matter how it is connected to the Windows system (SATA, SAS or USB), it won't even show up in the Disk Manager of Windows.

While you may be able to physically attach the old Mac system disk to the Windows system, you can not see the data.

Your best bet:
Find a friend that still owns a Mac.
Put the old Mac disk in a USB enclosure and attach it to your friends Mac.
Set the Mac to share that USB mounted disk for Windows systems.
Connect your new Windows system to the same network as his, and map his share folder (your old Mac HD) to your Windows system.
Once the old Mac system disk is mapped to the Windows machine, you are ready to drag & drop files from the old system disk to your new Windows system.
Obviously, none of the programs will run - so don't waste your time. And, anything that was created using Mac specific applications (iDVD, iMovie, etc) may not open on your PC, but you can try.

Once you are satisfied that you are done with the old HD, unplug from the Mac, and plug it into your Windows system. Use the Disk Manager to delete the Mac OS JFS, and reformat it to NTFS.

 

[chscag]

ticedoff8:

Did you read the OP's post closely? Read it again especially the part about the Windows partition. VegasGeorge is correct.

Regards.

 

[Xsy]

Thank's a lot , I was hoping such a feat will be possible , good to know it's that easy. Also for the record , I enjoyed my mac a lot and I would repair or buy a new one , but unfortunately the prices are insane comparing to other non apple - laptops and I need a computer quiet urgently , so I have no choice.