Can I retrieve data from crashed hard drive on MacBook Pro?

Any help appreciated

First, get yourself an External Enclosure and a new drive that can be used eventually to place inside your MacBook.
Install Mac OS X on the new External and Boot from it. Now your Mac is operating again.
Later, you can swap the new drive with the old drive and get back your portability.
Mac OS X has over 250,000 files in it. Booting is very complex. Just reading a few files off your old drive may be relatively easy -- or may be completely impossible.
If you have a spare drive, programs like DataRescue may be able to grab a few files off it -- or maybe not.

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I have a 13" white macbook (my daughter's macbook). It looks like the hard drive crashed. She took it to Apple store they told her they can replace the hard drive (still under Apple care), but I am trying to get the data from the hard drive.
I pulled the hard drive out of the macbook, and put it in a external hard drive enclosure, with USB2 connector. Unfortunately I have to connect the USB to a Windows PC, since that's what I have (she took my PowerBook for school work). The wondows machine does not recognize the hard drive. I tried to connect to a Vista machine and an XP machine same problem.
Do I have to connect it to a Mac to be able to recognize this hard drive? I thought as long as I put it in a external disk enclosure I will be able to recognize it even with Windows machine.
I would appreciate any help.
p.s. I do hear (faint) clicking noise from the hard drive - both when it is in the macbook and when it is in the external enclosure.
Thanks.

The enclosure is format "agnostic". A drive could conceivably be formatted in several different Apple formats; HFS+ (aka Mac OS Extended) is likely what you have. There's Windows based FAT32 or NTFS.
Windows doesn't properly recognize Mac drive formats unless you add software. There are a couple of commercial tools that might work.
http://www.macdisk.com/mden.php3
tp://www.paragon-software.com/home/hfs-windows/

I can not transfer date from one hard drive to another, I keep getting an error because I have two of the same file names and one file name is in caps and I cant change the file name

can not transfer date from one hard drive to another, I keep getting an error because I have two of the same file names and one file name is in caps and I cant change the file name. My original external has an error and needs to be reformatted but I dont want to lose this informations its my entire Itunes library.

Sounds like the source drive is formatted as case sensitive and the destination drive is not. The preferred format for OS X is case insensitive unless there is a compelling reason to go case sensitive.
Why can't you change the filename? Is it because the source drive is having problems? If so is this happening with only one or two or a few files? If so the best thing would be to copy those over individually and then rename them on the destination drive.
If it is more then you can do manually and you can't change the name on the source you will have to reformat the destination as case sensitive.
Btw this group is for discussion of the Support Communities itself, you;d do better posting to Lion group. I'll see if a host will move it.

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How do I retrieve data from external hard drive

What problem are you encountering?
Normally you would connect it to your Mac and just drag and drop.

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I have a iBook G4 which crashed. The message on Disk Utility says *"S.M.A.R.T. Status - Failing"*.
My question is, how can I retrieve data that I hadn't gotten a chance to back up?

DD:
I think the drive should be fine. Here is a list of Seagate HDDs for your computer. If you see the drive you are looking at there, go for it, although I suggest you consider a larger HDD. The price difference is not that much.
If you plan to install this HDD yourself, you should know that it is a bit of a challenge, although very doable. The iBook is the most difficult Apple laptop in which to swap out a drive. You will find step by step directions at ifixit. Sorry, I don't know whether yours is the 12" or 14", so you can navigate to the correct directions for your computer.
Here are few tips you may find helpful:
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• Be sure you have the right tools. You don't want to damage the screw heads or you may never get them out. And the Torx 8 screw driver is critical.
• I use small medicine cups one for the screws in each step. I nest them so that the last ones out and the first to go back in are on top. You can use an ice cube tray, egg carton, dixie cups etc. (Some users report cutting up the screw guide and placing the applicable section in each container.)
• Be very careful pulling out leads. Hold the lead as close to the plug as possible and wiggle (the plug ) to loosen its grip. Don’t hold the wires and pull as that can damage the cable, or worse, in some instances pull the wires out of the plug. Indeed, some users have pulled the socket off the logic board! Use needle nose pliers or tweezers if you can access the plug, or nudge the plug with a small instrument to help loosen its grip.
• Use force gently in removing parts. Separating upper and lower case takes some doing. Use a plastic tool (spudge) so as not to leave marks.
• Refer to the screw guide when reassembling computer. Putting longer screws in the wrong place can perforate the circuit board.
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Here's a cheap SATA external hard drive case on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/SATA-Hard-Drive-Case-Enclosure/dp/B001AAVA08/ref=pd_cp_e_0

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If you can't access the drive using the normal methods (DU) you might be struggling? You could have a go and use something like Data Rescue:
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As long as the drive is spinning you might stand a chance? If you can physically hear the drive whirring/clicking or making cricket/scratching like noises or a slight hum when its powered up you might be wasting your time?
If the drive sounds 'normal' you might want to try:
http://www.alsoft.com/
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This support document might be helpful: iTunes: About the Add to Library, Import, and Convert functions, http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1347

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