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    MacBook HD to an old iMac, a G3 or another MacBook

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by rahamanpatrick, Aug 25, 2007.

  1. rahamanpatrick

    rahamanpatrick Notebook Geek

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    I need to connect a crashed MacBook HD to any of the following computers: CRT iMac, G3 Tower or another MacBook. Do I need any adapters or anything special to do this?

    Thanks
     
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    swarmer beep beep

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    rahamanpatrick Notebook Geek

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    Thanks. That was exactly what I needed. More rep for you.
     
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    knp Notebook Evangelist

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    I wish more people are generous when I help them. :rolleyes:

    Anyways, an enclosure for your HD will be the best alternative. It is relatively easy to setup and can be connected using a USB cable or Firewire, whichever you prefer. What exactly happened to your HD? If your computer crashed, there could be many possibilities of the cause of this.
     
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  5. rahamanpatrick

    rahamanpatrick Notebook Geek

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    Oh, the filesystem's been corrupted and I want to repair it from another computer. Its not actually my computer, its my friend's. I've already tried target disk mode and tried booting from a Disk Warrior recovery CD (a data recovery product). I get a "B-Node error" or "invalid b-node tree" when verifying from Disk Utility on the installer CD and Disk Warrior claims to be able to fix it. I have a feeling there's something wrong with the CD drive too so I'm trying it in another computer. I've also used enclosures before, I'll get it working I just needed to know whether I needed one or not (I don't have the computer on hand).
     
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    The MBP uses a SATA interface. Would work internally with a Macbook (changing the drives). The others need a adaptor, like knp said.
     
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    Right, I'll probably have another MacBook on hand so that's what I'll probably use. Thanks for the help guys.
     
    rahamanpatrick, Aug 25, 2007
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