Laptop as external hard drive

Hey guys. I have a question. How do you turn your ibook into an external hard drive that can be plugged into another computer. I have an eMac and I want to connect my ibook to it to transfer some stuff, and I can't remember how to do it. I know you use a firewire to firewire cable which I have, and I think you hold a key on your laptop to turn it into the external hard drive. Anyone know how to do this??? I need to know soon also. Thanks guys.
Jesse

Shut down the iBook, and plug the firewire cable into both computers. Then boot the iBook holding down the "T" key, a firewire symbol will appear on the iBook's screen and will mount on the eMac. When you are done just drag the iBook's HD to the trash and hold down the power button on the iBook.

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Hi dalbatross,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
Did you set up your new computer by creating a Time Machine backup and restoring from it?
If so, the Events and Projects that were on your internal Macintosh HD would copied to your new computer.
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http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#mov3fa25bae7
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hey folks - I am hoping someone can help me (or clarify things for me)
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hope someone can help with this
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