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Thread ID: 98829 2009-04-09 02:18:00 For the MAC guys DeSade (984) Press F1
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763409 2009-04-09 02:18:00 Hi Guys

If I have a dodgy hard drive from a MAC laptop, can I slave it to a PC to get at the data?
DeSade (984)
763410 2009-04-09 02:21:00 no, but you might get it with a Linux Live CD.

Mac can read PC drives no problem, but need extra software installed to write to them.
PC can read Mac drives with extra software installed, but not well.
Linux most flavours can read both.
Bantu (52)
763411 2009-04-09 02:35:00 Where can I get a Linux Live CD?
Never considered using it before.
DeSade (984)
763412 2009-04-09 03:05:00 Here:-

www.puppylinux.org
Sweep (90)
763413 2009-04-09 03:29:00 You could use this
www.mediafour.com
Safari (3993)
763414 2009-04-09 03:39:00 Thanks Safari
That looks like the best solution.
DeSade (984)
763415 2009-04-09 03:45:00 Macdrive is not great, you will have more success with Linux Bantu (52)
763416 2009-04-09 03:58:00 I'll grab both and see what happens.
Thanks guys
DeSade (984)
763417 2009-04-10 02:01:00 Right so MacDrive didn't work as the disk will not even register on the system.

I am running the Puppy Linux but again the disk was not picked up as it loaded, is there anything I can do to get the disk to be seen?
DeSade (984)
763418 2009-04-10 02:12:00 Try Knoppix
http://www.knoppix.org/
Blam (54)
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