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Os X Disaster Recovery From Powerbook, Oh help this suxors |
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Fri 19 Aug 2005, 19:08
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If I only had the system CD, the guy I bought this notbook from didn't give it to me when it arrived through the mail.
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Fri 19 Aug 2005, 20:20
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It helps big time, I have a firewire drive so I will attemp the back up right away. I will let you all know how it worked out. I wish I could find a copy of OSX .3, I am afraid to reformat with 10.4 because all of the Logic issues I have read about, plus I'm not sure if the disk repair utility will work from Tiger either since the notebook is running 10.3.9
You know working in IT for over 10 years does not mean I am OS X literate. If I get into the shell I have no issues, but the gui I am still quite the novice. It's frusterating but this site helps out so much. Thank you everyone.
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Fri 19 Aug 2005, 22:54
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Well I tried this several times. All I have is a fire wire icon bouncing around the screen almost like a screen saver. The HDD indicator light on the fire wire drive is not blinking as if it's copying. Any ideas?
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Tue 23 Aug 2005, 18:30
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According to apples tech support database holding down the “T” key with a firewire drive connected during boot will copy a mirror of the HDD to the firewire drive. That is if your drive is going to work at all, mine did not. I did try to boot to the shell, I’m very experienced with the shell but it wouldn't boot to it. I also reset the power settings and tried to repair the disk with an OS X install disk from the same exact power book a friend owns. None were successful, it looks like my data is a goner unfortunately. I did install a new 5400 RPM HDD in the notebook, I will run the install tonight when I get home. I may send the old HDD out for a white room data recovery depending on how much it costs. Thank you everyone for your assistance, it was very helpful.
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Wed 24 Aug 2005, 13:33
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dino, I have never heard of using Target disk mode to automatically copy files to an external firewire drive without another mac in the mix. From KBase article # 58583 it states: QUOTE How to use FireWire target disk mode
Important: Unplug all other FireWire devices from both computers prior to using FireWire target disk mode. Do not plug in any FireWire devices until after you have disconnected the two computers from each other, or have stopped using target disk mode. I would try again by booting your powerbook into target disk mode (hold down T during boot until you get the bouncing firewire icon) and then connect it to another mac to see if your hard drive mounts. If it does, try to repair the disk again using the latest version of Disc Utility (v.10.5.1) or Disk Warrior (about $90 from Alsoft) to repair your directory and possibly recover your drive. The only time that an "automatic" copy of files takes place from Target disk mode is when your machine is in target disk mode connected to a Mac with Mac OS X v10.3.5 or later and you have just installed a fresh OS onto the drive. This is accomplished with the Migration Assistant utility and it is meant to save time in setting up a new machine, not necessarily recovering a failed one. Hope this helps. peace, deacon
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