Firewire Target Function Not Recognizing Partitioned Drive

My hard drive is partitioned and one partition contains my iTunes, iPhoto and other applications. When I upgraded to my new iMac, I used the Firewire Target function but the partition I needed wasn't recognized. Should I give up and get myself to a Genius Bar or is there something else I could try?

Hello! Why don't you consider buying a firewire external case and put the old drive in the case. You can access your data and after you've got it all on the new machine you can use the old drive as a clone for emergency startup and repairs if it's large enough to clone your new system onto. Starting with a new machine you're probably better off starting from scratch and adding your data to the new virgin system. Tom
FIREWIRE 400/USB 1.1 & 2.0 CASE
FIREWIRE 800 & USB 1.2 & 2.0 CASE
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