Re: OT: Mac drive recovery

2005-10-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm not sure the PD7X enclosure will work. The PowerBook drive is formatted for Mac OS Extended file system, not FAT32. I don't know what firmware's in the PD7X. Safer to get yourself a FireWire enclosure. They're not expensive. Godfrey On Oct 23, 2005, at 9:28 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: Yep,

Re: OT: Mac drive recovery

2005-10-23 Thread Rob Studdert
On 23 Oct 2005 at 21:28, Juan Buhler wrote: > I'll do as you guys say, take the drive away. I can probably even just > use the PD7X as an enclosure to recover the data... So long as the soft formatting of the drive is FAT32 Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hou

Re: OT: Mac drive recovery

2005-10-23 Thread Juan Buhler
Yep, I use a Booq bag, made for the PB 12". It wasn't the first time the Mac rode in there. I usually hang the bag from the helmet safe, in front of the seat, but this weekend I was riding up north to Petaluma, so I didn't want to have loose bags... I'll do as you guys say, take the drive away. I

Re: OT: Mac drive recovery

2005-10-23 Thread Mat Maessen
I have a very nice neoprene sleeve for my iBook from Marware. I use it when I put the iBook into the tailbag on my motorcycle. Got it from MacYummies, I think. -Mat On 10/24/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ugh. Do you have a well-padded case for it? I suspect a neoprene > sleeve

Re: OT: Mac drive recovery

2005-10-23 Thread Mat Maessen
If the drive itself is okay, you can get a firewire enclosure, take the drive out of the machine, put it in the FW enclosure, and plug it into another machine. I've seen some fairly cheap enclosures designed for 2.5" laptop drives. You'd just need another mac that could read the disk and copy the d

Re: OT: Mac drive recovery

2005-10-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Ugh. Do you have a well-padded case for it? I suspect a neoprene sleeve and a nicely padded outer case would kill off most of the nastier vibrations. Might want to consider putting in a courier bag instead, however. Less direct vibration that way, your body is absorbing it. Regards the dr

OT: Mac drive recovery

2005-10-23 Thread Juan Buhler
Hi list, My Powerbook seems to have died today :( Probably too much vibration while riding in the helmet compartment of the Vespa. It won't boot, and a burnt smell comes out if I plug it in. I'm positive that the drive is OK though. Anyone know of a place that will recover the contents of the d