firewire target disk mode: I can't see old macbook HD?

[dancks]

SO I'm trying to get some files off a HD in an old macbook, lets just say it got damaged. I know for a fact the HD is fine, it still boots just can't use the screen. I was able to target disk mode to work on an iMac running 10.8.5 before its hard drive failed, got a new one HD and have 10.9 installed. I boot macbook into target disk mode but I can't get the harddrive with firewire to show up. I looked in terminal to see if another drive was attached:
ls /Volumes
df -h

nothing

I don't know what to try or check.

 

[ricede]

Have you tried connecting the old Macbook to a different computer using T D Mode ?

As a last resort - you could put the old HD into an Ext casing and then just connect it normally. That way you don't need FireWire - you could use a USB case.

As far as i can remember - its very quick to remove the HD from old polycarbonate MacBooks.