Ann, Those were very appropriate questions to ask BEFORE you selected all and began to copy. Using Apple's migration assistant could have made your life somewhat easier.
Not sure what you're going to end up with but keep us posted. Ward Oldham On Aug 15, 2007, at 8:22 PM, Ann Richmond wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070815/7b7eaea1/attachment.html
