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owner82

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8. February 2011 @ 13:40

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hi guys, first thing im new to the forum, but was recommended i come here for answers, hope u can help.

ok, heres my question... my old macbook is pretty much dead, and can hardly boot, if it does it just crashes, but still can use target disk mode if i hold down T on startup, therefore i want to use target disk mode to transfer my old files to my new macbook. the problem is my new macbook does not have a firewire connection :(

so here are my options:
1. can i plug firewire cable into the old macbook, and connect it to new macbook through ethernet or usb adapter? ( would new macbook understand what it is.
2. can i instead just usw a usb to usb, or ethernet to ethernet cable? i presume it must have to be through firewire.
3. i have access to a windows based laptop, that has firewire port, could i connect the 2 together with firewire and use a program like HFS explorer to access the mac hard drive during target disk mode? (think this looks most likely option, if so what firewire cable would i need? 6 pin?)

hope u can help, got alot of memories and documents on there
thanks for your help

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