[Maced] Resuscitating a hard drive (from a G4 PowerBook)

[Elliott Chapman]

I'd certainly give Data Rescue II a shot, perfect in this case. At least the
physical disk is visible. Otherwise a 3rd party data recovery service (as
mentioned previously on the list) may be the only option...

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 7:29 AM, Matt Skoss <matt.skoss at netspeed.com.au>
wrote:

> Last night I successfully performed open heart surgery on my
> out-of-warranty G4 PowerBook (Al) to replace an ailing hard drive.
>
> It can be seen in Disk Utility, but won't mount...so it's not completely
> dead. Are there any particular tools to try to lift some of the data off?
>
> I'm also on the hunt for a replacement Combo drive for this unit. I was
> quoted $500+ for a replacement from our local Apple dealer in Alice Springs.
> Would anyone have a dead laptop that I could cannibilise? Or  a new unit in
> a cupboard, that is now superseded by more recent models? Happy to buy it.
>
> Regards, Matt.
>
> PS New email address: matt.skoss at netspeed.com.au (my ISP went out of
> business)
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Kind Regards,
Elliott Chapman
elliott dot chapman at mac dot com
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