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<blockquote data-quote="warpie" data-source="post: 1507978" data-attributes="member: 299644"><p>Hi, </p><p></p><p>I was wondering if you could help me with the following problem.</p><p></p><p>I have an 2007 MBP that recently the screen went blank. I assume it's the usual issue with the graphics card. </p><p></p><p>On the HD I have parallels installed and although I managed to recover all my data (located in my OSX directories) by using the HD as an external HD on a PC (using MacDrive), I'm not able to recover the data that were saved on the parallel's ''windows XP'' desktop.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, I don't have a spare mac but I found somebody who is willing to lent me his macbook for a couple of hours.</p><p></p><p>Now my question is if I can use my HD (as an external USB drive) to boot on the macbook. I was thinking that if I manage to boot using my HD, I would be able to transfer all my data.</p><p></p><p>Is this possible and more important is it safe? Obviously I want to make sure that the owner's internal macbook HD will not be affected in any way.</p><p></p><p>I'm meeting the guy tomorrow so I would really appreciate if you give me some advice.</p><p></p><p>I'm not a native English speaker so I hope my question makes some sense.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p><p>Michael</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="warpie, post: 1507978, member: 299644"] Hi, I was wondering if you could help me with the following problem. I have an 2007 MBP that recently the screen went blank. I assume it's the usual issue with the graphics card. On the HD I have parallels installed and although I managed to recover all my data (located in my OSX directories) by using the HD as an external HD on a PC (using MacDrive), I'm not able to recover the data that were saved on the parallel's ''windows XP'' desktop. Unfortunately, I don't have a spare mac but I found somebody who is willing to lent me his macbook for a couple of hours. Now my question is if I can use my HD (as an external USB drive) to boot on the macbook. I was thinking that if I manage to boot using my HD, I would be able to transfer all my data. Is this possible and more important is it safe? Obviously I want to make sure that the owner's internal macbook HD will not be affected in any way. I'm meeting the guy tomorrow so I would really appreciate if you give me some advice. I'm not a native English speaker so I hope my question makes some sense. Thanks! Michael [/QUOTE]
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