Jim Stax Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 Seems a pals iMac is in a endless cycle of sleeping and now into its last breath. Does anyone know if it is possible to retrieve the info from the hard drive? Basically a bust computer and she needs to get the info off of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 if its fucked completely, take the hard disk out and buy/get a hold of one of these Play.com (UK) : Freecom Hard Drive Docking Station : Computing - Free Delivery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 buy/get a hold of one of these Play.com (UK) : Freecom Hard Drive Docking Station : Computing - Free DeliveryNah, get one of these Dynamode USB-SI-C Storage controller- IDE / Serial ATA-300- 300 MBps9 is less than 29.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 Nah, get one of these Dynamode USB-SI-C Storage controller- IDE / Serial ATA-300- 300 MBps9 is less than 29.99.gonna get that myself I think. I've got a fucked mac too that I've just dismantled funnily enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 Cant she just turn off the acpi sleep mode thing?Click on the blue apple icon in the top left corner of screen, and pick System PreferencesIn the Hardware section, select Energy SaverMake sure the Settings for: drop-down box is set to Power AdapterOn the Sleep tab, move the sliding bar labeled Put the computer to sleep when it is inactive for: to Never Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stax Posted March 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Cant she just turn off the acpi sleep mode thing?Click on the blue apple icon in the top left corner of screen, and pick System PreferencesIn the Hardware section, select Energy SaverMake sure the Settings for: drop-down box is set to Power AdapterOn the Sleep tab, move the sliding bar labeled Put the computer to sleep when it is inactive for: to NeverIf its sleeping you cant access the peferences... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 If its sleeping you cant access the peferences...Take out the hard drive, boot it using another mac to change prefs and swap back out, might mean she gets another little while from the machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stax Posted March 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Thanks for the advice so far by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Have you tried booting it up using that weird alt+apple+c combination. Can't remember exactly what the buttons are bug I had a similar thing mine and managed to boot it up at least. Hard disk was buggered anyway but ther is a way. Like safe mode for apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.