Hello, Ben:
First shot, you might want to try target disk mode.
Second, would your machine host their drive?
Third, a PC with Transmac would allow you to see the data until a new
Mac can be acquired.
Good luck, (maybe a cheap Mac from Good Will?)
Bob
On Jul 2, 2012, at 5:21 PM, bdinger wrote:
Hi All,
My aunt has a 17in 1.8 G5 iMac (M9843LL/A) that unfortunately seems
to have a bad logic board. You know, comes on but with the fans set
at "747" and no SMU or PRAM reset will do much for it. They don't
have the most means-wise, and so I'm looking at options for them.
Right now it's either:
1.) Find the same model, and move the hard disk over to it
2.) Somehow migrate the data onto a newer Intel Mac
Obviously I'd prefer 2, but I know that using Migration assistant
all but requires the source to either be working, or a recent OS
level. So I can hope that I'd find a Intel Mac for her running
Tiger still, but that likelihood is low, and even if so I've never
run migration assistant using a external drive AND going from PPC to
Intel.
Any suggestions? This is just a bad situation all around as in
addition, this machine contains the QuickBooks data for their
business.
Cheers,
Ben
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