Q: Transfer Old Hard Drive Contents from iBook
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Mar 2, 2015 6:56 AMby kaz-k,I think it works, just connect like USB external HDD, though it's quite hard to pull out HDD from iBook G4.
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iBook+G4+14-Inch+1.42+GHz+Hard+Drive+Replacement/73 1
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Mar 4, 2015 11:04 AMby K Shaffer,You may be able to start the iBook G4 into Target Disk Mode so it
could be seen by the other Mac computer, as an external HDD...
•How to use and troubleshoot FireWire target disk mode - Apple Support
And then be able to drag items you hope to save, from one hard disk
to a folder in the other computer. Or to some other external device
attached to the host computer.
Or, as suggested, you may be able to extract the physical hard drive
from the tired iBook G4 and perhaps use a Universal USB hard drive
cable kit, these have their own power supply & may work to get info
and files off the bare hard disk drive. If you get an external enclosure
to try & read the HDD from the iBook, if take out, be sure that enclosure
can match up and use the ATA/IDE interface of the older PPC Mac.
Hopefully you can get the content safely from the iBook G4 drive.
Good luck & happy computing!
