Dear Learned Community, This is my first post here, but I've enjoyed reading you for a few months or more--learned tons, thanks all.
I need advice on: 1. using eSATA to get files back from the data recovery folk. My beloved 12-inch Powerbook G4, 1.5 GHZ, 1.25 GB, suffered disk failure--confirmed at the Apple store. DOA, unbootable by them. Normally I wouldn't even entertain data recovery pros. I back up all my client work multiple places... OK, so I lost the family photos. Well, KrollOnTrack found them, 100%. The evaluation and getting an index of what they recovered has been free: due to referral from Apple Store, they said. They're going to sell my files back to me. Are there any tricks to using the 160/USB Gig eSATA drive they propose using? Do I need a special cable? Which one? Can it become a Time Machine drive-- it will have ~80 GB open--and I'm upgrading a Tiger MacBook to Leopard soon. I plan to back up the photos from the eSATA multiple places, one being my 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB/500 GB iMac, and the other my Quick Silver 1 GHZ dual (2002)/1.25 GB/128 GB [its disk failed the same month as the PowerBook's, but it was fully backed up...., I replaced the QS disk with a 160 GB Seagate Barracuda, didn't partition, should I--can I get all 160 GB then?]. 2. Do I want a bundle of DVDs instead? 3. I've heard just 38 screws and a new hard drive stand between me and a renewed PowerBook. The Apple folk want ~$350 for this feat. I'm not tremendously dexterous, nor do I actually need another computer (want, of course!). Should I: a. try it myself? b. wait for my children to get a few years older (walking, at least) and have them do it? c. find another way to secure a new disk in an old and noble computer? Thanks! Best, Anne Anne Brataas, M.S., M.En.S. President The Story Laboratory Science Writing & Curriculum Development St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 email: annebrat...@mac.com Web: http://www.thestorylaboratory.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
