Re: Dead PowerBook G4

Rowland McDonnell wrote:
JohnB <john.brennand@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Rowland McDonnell wrote:
Peter Hayes <aphnospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

John wrote:
My daughters PB G4 has died. Is there a utility that can recover the
files.
All Mac deaths I've suffered have been combined with hard disc survival.
Just whip the disc out and stick it in something else.

Rowland.

If it's a 12" G4 Powerbook, you don't just "whip the disk out" :-)

You set aside a Saturday afternoon, line up an array of spudgers, get
the iFixit how to guide, get a pile of blue tac, get your torx and jewellers screwdrivers poised for action, polish your reading glasses,
take a stiff drink and go for it.

Oh dear :-/

The MacBook Pro I've just added RAM to had a very readily accessible
HDD.

The old (dead) G3 iBook we've got wasn't very much harder to get into -
slightly trickier, because of the plastic tabby clippy things.

I assumed that it would be a similar job in this case.

Wish it were Roland - it is unnecessarily tortuous - one of Apple's worst pieces of design I think - particularly as it is located inside one of their most beautiful ones.

Put a new one in whilst you are at it before reassembling.

If the Mac in question has died, surely that's a bit pointless?

Sounds like it is just the HD that has died. So if he puts a new one in he should be able to reinstall the system and have a fully functional lappy once again.

Cheers
--
JohnB
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