You have a MacBook, right? I'm not sure how cheap it is, but the folks at the Apple Store can transfer information off of your old hard drive into your new (or slightly new) Mac.
... my mac (powerbook G4) is owned by my company, over four years old, and still in perfect working condition. so that isn't the issue, it's my older personal computer.
I thought the Mac you talked about before was yours. My brother just bought one and had the information (documents, music, pictures, etc.) transferred from his old PC to the new Mac.
you can remove your hard drive and put it in the enclosure, which will turn it into an external drive. Plug that drive into another computer and get to your data. I am not 100% sure a mac will recognize your windows hard drive, but i suspect it will at least be able to read it.
Re: i can give you a handtamisevensOctober 17 2007, 15:22:15 UTC
woah, really? do you need one of these external enclosure things? I'm thinking I may go buy one at best buy today and try and get this shit done... this has been the bane of my existence for months. All my website backup and this freelance project I've been working on is on the dell and it's driving me crazy not being able to get at it.
defintielydelascabezasOctober 17 2007, 15:26:41 UTC
if you are thinking of buying the enclosure, go for it. you can then keep the extra had drive as a way to make backups. i can still help you out with it.
it would be cheaper to buy one online, but that takes time, and if you wanna do this _now_ i totally understand the "go and get 'em" mentality.
if/when you go to best buy, be sure you specify that you need an enclosure for a laptop HD - if the dell is that old, it is probably NOT a SATA drive, but rather micro ide (2.5 inch).
just to specifydelascabezasOctober 17 2007, 15:27:39 UTC
i have an enclosure of my own i can use to make the transfer. so you don't _have_ to buy one to get the data off the machine. if you want to keep using the extra hd as a backup, you do need to buy an enclosure.
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I have a 3-year-old dell laptop
... my mac (powerbook G4) is owned by my company, over four years old, and still in perfect working condition. so that isn't the issue, it's my older personal computer.
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I thought the Mac you talked about before was yours. My brother just bought one and had the information (documents, music, pictures, etc.) transferred from his old PC to the new Mac.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817155002
you can remove your hard drive and put it in the enclosure, which will turn it into an external drive. Plug that drive into another computer and get to your data. I am not 100% sure a mac will recognize your windows hard drive, but i suspect it will at least be able to read it.
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I can pop the HD out of the old machine, and transfer the data to a DVD and/or your other machine(s).
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it would be cheaper to buy one online, but that takes time, and if you wanna do this _now_ i totally understand the "go and get 'em" mentality.
if/when you go to best buy, be sure you specify that you need an enclosure for a laptop HD - if the dell is that old, it is probably NOT a SATA drive, but rather micro ide (2.5 inch).
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