Computer died while upgrading!

My friend was upgrading to SL and his battery died halfway through the installation. Now his macbook won't boot up, it gets to the apple and the loading page but it stays there. He wants to get his pictures off of his hard drive, does anyone have any ideas? I tried putting his hard drive in my macbook but it didn't make a difference.

Kappy wrote:
Yes. Snow installs all the needed drivers for any current model. The only possible exceptions might be the new iMacs if they require a different build that includes the required drivers, but the older ones will still be there. Issues with the OEM discs are mainly (a) they simply won't start a later model Mac because they lack the drivers for the newer hardware; or (b) they won't work because they can't install the version required for the hardware. However, once installed on a hard drive they should start any computer with which it's compatible.
From the OP's question I don't think that would be a problem. SL 10.6.2 should work on any of the current flock of notebooks. Unless the model is a Late 2009 SL is fully compatible. Some Late 2009 Mac models do require a special build of 10.6.1 but not 10.6.2. If 10.6.2 is installed on a hard drive then it should boot any Mac model (but not so 10.6.1.)
If 10.6.2 is already installed it should start any compatible model. Some of the newest models do require special builds of 10.6.1, but 10.6.2 should start them without a problem. Of course Snow is not on DVD yet as 10.6.2, so booting from a retail version may be a problem for some of these latest models such as the i5 and i7 iMacs that require a later version than 10.6.
I don't think the above is as well-stated as I would like.
I think that only my monitor was awake when I ask the question too. I didn't state it very well. Here is what I was getting at. "We" (by "rule") say that one can't use the original install DVD for one computer to install on another.
So, what I am getting at is suppose the original Leo install DVD was used to install Leo on the broken computer (an MB still running Leo I presume). Then, would the drive from the old computer, if not broken itself, be usable on the friend's computer (MB)--noting that it must have come with Leo installed originally too via its own install DVD? If so, in a sense, then the "rule" mentioned above would be broken.
Continuing, if we get this far in breaking the "rule" then let's say the internal drive from the first machine is put into an external case. Then, could the drive be cloned to a partition on the first machine. If so, then it would seem that the "rule" is seriously broken except for the technicality that the install disk from the first machine wasn't installed by inserting into the second machine.
And, another related question is what if the first computer actually came with Tiger--an older version than Leopard? If so, and the drive worked on the second computer and cloning would work), then a second "rule" would be broken--the one saying that an older OS than came with a machine can't be installed on the machine.
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