My 2nd generation ppc iMac has just died from what has been diagnosed as a logic board failure. Given its 8 years old, it's not economic to fix. I'm about to buy a new iMac and I was wondering if it's possible to use it to get the data off the old machine perhaps using FireWire cable or something similar. Or could I remove the hard drive and put it in a housing to boot as an external drive. The hard drive was working fine prior to the machine not booting up.
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Dead iMac hard drive question
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I pulled my HD out of my dead iMac and put it in an external enclosure. I don't boot with it, but I grabbed all the important stuff off it. Pretty simple and effective.
Another option is to get one of these babies:
Universal Drive Adapter
They can be had on Amazon for a lot less if you search "Universal Drive Adapter" and you don't mind it coming from Hong Kong.
No computer geek should be without one!
Universal Drive Adapter
They can be had on Amazon for a lot less if you search "Universal Drive Adapter" and you don't mind it coming from Hong Kong.
No computer geek should be without one!