Jeff and Brian, Thank you both for your help. I'm in Lexington, so I can't accept your very kind offer, Jeff.
I got the right enclosure you suggested, a 2.5". The drive spun up and it opened and I am copying all the files to the new macbook!!!! Maybe I shouldn't have done "select all".Should I delete the g3 system folder as soon as it finishes copying? They are both Tiger. Any other conflicts I might watch out for? Thanks again! Ann R Jeff @ SLYN Systems wrote: >I'd be happy to look at it for you for free if you didn't mind bringing it >over at an agreed upon time. >Did you Brian O'Neals similar response? > >Jeff Slyn, Owner >SLYN Systems & Peripherals >(502) 426-5469 >a new & improved http://www.SLYNsystems.com coming soon >serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! > >-- Ann Richmond <richmond at qx.net> wrote: >Yes, the box itself is way bigger, but since all I plan to do is see if >it will spin up and be readable by another computer I'm not so concerned >with fit. >Problem is the connector(female) itself on the end of the ribbon in the >enclosure looks the same as the pins on the drive, but doesn't seem to >want to fit---and I'm wary about pushing too hard as I think it would be >very easy to bend pins. >Also the "power plug" from the enclosure (female 4 round pins in plastic >plug case) seems to have no corresponding plug in the drive. >(How does the drive in the laptop get its power?) > >Jeff @ SLYN Systems wrote: > > > >>Hi Ann, >>Don't know if this is the problem but a regular sized (desktop) IDE drive is >>almost double the size of a notebook hard drive. >>I'd have to see the enclosure to know for sure. >>Take care, >> >>Jeff Slyn, Owner >>SLYN Systems & Peripherals >>(502) 426-5469 >>a new & improved http://www.SLYNsystems.com coming soon >>serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! >> >>-- Ann Richmond <richmond at qx.net> wrote: >>I have a problem and am seeking advice again. >> >>I took the hard drive out of my dead ibook g3 dual usb and want to put >>it in an external enclosure to see if I can retrieve the data. >> >>I got an enclosure from Radio Shack which says it is for ide drives. The >>pins match up in position I think with two double rows, same number and >>one empty in the middle, but doesn't seem to want to plug in. >> >>Also, I see no place to plug the power connector on the enclosure into >>the drive. >> >>The drive is Toshiba MK3018GAS. >>The apple numbers at the bottom are 655-1019 >> 30GB GMR6A 655-1019 >> >>Any suggestions would be much appreciated. >> >>Thanks, >>Ann Richmond >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070815/bba051ca/attachment.html
