Do you need to send the HD? Is it a laptop? If not, it's easy to remove the
HD if it's not required to return it with the busted computer. Then you
could get a (relatively) cheap enclosure and be certain that you have all
your data.
Other than that, you could put the HD in an enclosure and use something like
carbon copy cloner or superduper to make a complete copy of the disk to
another drive (or disk image saved to a drive). You would need another
computer to make this happen of course.
Good luck
On 7/11/07, bordercollieaustralianshepherd <
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> Transitioning from a PPC to a Intel Mac...
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> The computer I have must be returned. The replacement does not ship
> until the old one is in transit. Besides the logic board problems, the
> optical drive does not work so I cannot burn to disk or Start up from
> the disk. I did a disk image of the Harddrive but I am not sure how
> this will work. The Mac I am returning is a PPC and the replacement is
> a Intel. Tips, tricks, or any advice to avoid data loss?
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> Long time ago I switched from OS 9 to a new Mac with Panther or the
> first Tiger OS. When I set my Studio MX back up I had lost a lot of
> the details, (sign in to server, folder locations). Many of my videos
> were also corrupted or unable to play. I just did a search for
> {macromedia + studio + MX + backup + data} but not finding what I
> think I need. Is there a better search term? Or what (application
> specific support data?) files do I need to pay special attention to?
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> Last question after this explaination - I also coppied my entire User
> folder, the Hard drive's System and Library folder to a external HD.
> However not all data would copy and I have no idea which files. The
> messege that I got was along the lines of "the file cannot be copied I
> do not have the privilage". I was in Admin and had to enter the
> authorization password, it just did not allow some files to be copied.
> I recieved three of those alerts. Maybe they are locked?
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> Because I cannot start up from system disks is this normal, that is,
> some files are in use and could not be copied for that reason? Or is
> this a wrinkle with the logic board acting hinky?
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