I think Laurent is correct that FireWire Target mode is the best option, but I thought you held down 'T' as the book starts. At least, that's how my Ti and my iBook Indago work.
In either case, from another Mac (OS 9 or X) it looks just like a standard drive and you can go in and pick out what you want. I have done this for a few people having problems with their logic board and it worked fine. If things are stable, you can also use 'Disk Utility' to create a disk image of the HD. Select the partition in the left frame and: Images Menu->New->Image from <your partition label> HTH Kris On 1/25/04 10:18 AM, "Laurent Daudelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 25/01/04 06:51, Robin Ashe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [snip!] >> How would she go about setting her iBook up as an external HD? I live in a >> different city from her, so the easier the instructions are the better so >> that something doesn't get lost in conveying the instructions to her. > > Does her iBook has FireWire ports? If so, she could try to start it in > FireWire mode, where you restart the computer and then press 'F' and the > computer becomes a FireWire hard drive. > > Of course, with all the problems she had, this is assuming that FireWire and > the hard drive are still working... > > -Laurent. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
