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What is happening to my MacBook
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<blockquote data-quote="MacNewbie" data-source="post: 673559" data-attributes="member: 23576"><p><strong>Is MacBook Strong Enough to use as Target Disk Drive for MBPRO??</strong></p><p></p><p>so im trying to save the files on my soon to be corrupt macbook pro (wont load properly)</p><p></p><p>luckily i think that the files are still intact</p><p></p><p>im using a macbook as the host computer to my macbook pro target...</p><p></p><p>after performing target disk mode on the target computer and connecting the two computers via firewire...</p><p></p><p>i can see my target drive on my host desktop....</p><p>omg and when i clicc on my targe drive i see all my old folders!!! yay!! that means my old files arent lost forever!</p><p></p><p>the only problem is when i try to access the folders i get the colored pinwheel</p><p></p><p>and its very slow..... nothin will load and then my host computer freezes and i have to forcequit...i didnt even get to begin transferring the files before the host computer would freeze....as this would happen the fans on the target computer would be whirring up and the floating firewire logo screensaver on the target computer would also stop floating from left to right..</p><p></p><p></p><p>what gives?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacNewbie, post: 673559, member: 23576"] [b]Is MacBook Strong Enough to use as Target Disk Drive for MBPRO??[/b] so im trying to save the files on my soon to be corrupt macbook pro (wont load properly) luckily i think that the files are still intact im using a macbook as the host computer to my macbook pro target... after performing target disk mode on the target computer and connecting the two computers via firewire... i can see my target drive on my host desktop.... omg and when i clicc on my targe drive i see all my old folders!!! yay!! that means my old files arent lost forever! the only problem is when i try to access the folders i get the colored pinwheel and its very slow..... nothin will load and then my host computer freezes and i have to forcequit...i didnt even get to begin transferring the files before the host computer would freeze....as this would happen the fans on the target computer would be whirring up and the floating firewire logo screensaver on the target computer would also stop floating from left to right.. what gives? [/QUOTE]
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