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Retrieving data from a dead iMac

How do I retrieve the data from my white iMac G5 that has a fried logic board? Can I do this myself? And if so how?

Posted on Dec 15, 2012 4:10 PM

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Posted on Dec 15, 2012 4:11 PM

You put its hard drive in an enclosure.


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Dec 15, 2012 4:13 PM in response to jcorbitt

Since the logic board is fried, you can perform a post-mortem yourself.


Go to ifixit.com, and find the instructions to remove the HD. NO warranty, and unit dead ... who cares if you crack the shell.


Then buy an external enclosure from macsales.com such as this one (http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/FWU3ES2HDK/) or others you find by going to macsales.com and typing "enclosures" in the search box. Ths will access the old drive as "external".

Retrieving data from a dead iMac

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