Get information off dead mac

[goosecoupe]

So I have an old Imac G5 and the motherboard died. How can I wipe the hard drive if there's no power. I don't want to take it to the apple store, and I want to possibly sell the parts on ebay.

Thanks

 

[tsvb]

Easiest way to do this would be with an enclosure. Have one handy?

 

[Jethryn Freyman]

You could try Firewire Target Disk mode.

Googling should tell you all you need to know about how to do it. You'll need another Mac to do this though.

 

[Vaphoron]

It really depends on how "dead" it is. Firewire target disk mode would be my first suggestion but if it really is the motherboard I doubt thats gonna work. You would need to physically remove the hard drive and place it in a hard drive enclosure and hook it up to another computer.

 

[2nyRiggz]

Take the HDD out and if you have a external closure then stick it in there....case solved.



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