Moving data from old power pc with OS 8.6 to computer with OS X

How can you move data from an old power pc to a new MAC? And then, how do you permanently erase the old hard disk before donating the computer?

Which model PowerPC with 8.6 are we talking about? Does it have an Ethernet port? Do you have Broadband Ethernet? Do you have your own Router?
Which new Mac are you moving to, and how does the iMac in your equipment line fit in to all of this?

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Moving Data from old hard drive to new hard drive

I'm posting this question in this category , I hope it's the right place. Here's my situation and general information. I have a Toshiba L35 S2161 laptop, it's about 5 yrs old, running WinXP Service Pack 3. just got the blue screen, wouldn't boot, tried everything and I only have the factory provided "recovery" disc that will wipe my drive and lose all my data if I use it. I hadn't been doing regular backups, so I want to save as much if not all of my data as I can. I don't want to spend time here going over everything I've tried (boot disc like Knoppix, etc) which didn't work, just need to get to the bottom line and make sure I'm doing the next steps correctly.
Here's my plan:
l. Remove old hard drive from laptop
2. purchase new hard drive - I've been told any drive will work, it doesn't have to be designed for a Toshiba. I've been looking at best prices, etc. mainly Western Digital. I may purchase a larger drive to at least get more memory , although I really didn't have that much on my old drive, but had a lot of apparent memory-related problems, freezes, etc.
3. Install new blank drive into laptop, using the Toshiba factory recovery disc to reformat the disc and get it ready to receive the data.
4. Insert the recovery disc into the drive, turn on the computer and HOPE that it boots it up and installs a fresh install on the new drive. Not sure what the screen willl show at this point - I've never installed a new drive in a laptop, so will be somewhat nervous at this point to see what happens.
5. Assuming the new drive is recognized by the recovery disc and installs a clean version of WIN XP (I'm assuming that's what's on the recovery disc that came with my computer, because it had WIN XP pre-installed), I will now be ready to transfer data from the old drive.
6. This is the step I'm not sure what or how to do next. I would like to clone my entire old drive onto the new drive but I'm afraid if I do that it might load damaged files that would mess up my new install. I purchased a disc enclosure with a USB cable (haven't received it yet), and was going to use that somehow. I presume I will plug it in and it will show up as an external drive and I can access that drive and transfer my priority files or data first and then try to transfer as much more as I can....
I need further help and information about this last step...the critical data transfer method. There are cloning kits that are plug and play and would transfer my entire system as it was before the blue screen, but again, I'm concerned about transferring everything onto a clean install and finding myself with a computer that won't boot again because it transferred a bad file. Also, would it overwrite or interfere with the clean install on the new drive? I'm stuck at this point....hopefully someone out there can walk me through this final step with the best option for transfer. I'm trying to avoid purchasing pricey software like Acronis (which I looked at online and it seemed difficult to use, to figure out what to transfer).
My laptop is obviously out of warranty, being five years old, and I am not interested in taking it in to repair tech, I want to do this myself and I think I can with a few helpful tips. Thanks for any help asap...

Hi!
The error message I received on the blue screen was "unmountable boot volume" which leads me to believe i have a corrupted MBR. This fiasco happened when I turned off my computer when it was running a program (I know, bad thing to do).
I'm waiting on a new hard drive with a 120 GB (my old drive was 80GB). I was told not to go above 120 or I'd have partition problems.
The SATA drive enclosure powers up the old drive (I can hear the disc spinning) so the disc isn't dead. If I''d have the full retail vesion of WinXP I would of course have used the recovery console, but I only had the toshiba recovery disc that came with my system. Also, I couldn't burn a CD boot disc...didn't have access to another computer nor would a tech friend do it for me as he apparently made a disc for someone and their system crashed so I had no choice but to buy a new drive and try to transfer the data via the SATA external drive/usb cable.
My big question now is: Will the Toshiba recovery disc actually reformat my new drive? Someone on another forum with a Toshiba laptop had purchased a new drive, used the recovery disc and the cd just went into a constant loop and never went into a full install. I'm thinking that maybe on a new drive there isn't enough knowledge base there for the recovery disc to install and reformat a new disc. That would be a bummer because then I'd have no choice but to purchase a retail version of WinXP which I was hoping not to have to do. Thats' getting into some $$ when added to all the other thing I've tried to get this laptop up and running . (A Knoppix live CD boot disc didn't work either).
I don't know what service pack was on the old disc...possibly SP2, but if it was only SP1, I fear it's not going to have the ability to format a new disc. The disc does have drivers, etc. but the question is, are they able to install the OS. I was running XP3 when it crashed, so I know i would have to download that again. I just want to get the darned system back up and running with my new drive and restore disc. IF I can do that, then I'll try to transfer the data from the old drive via the external drive enclosure.
I also decided against the clone....I was afraid I'd be cloning a bad disc or errors onto a new drive, and didnt' want to stress a possibly wonky drive even more than it possibly is.
So, that's where I'm at now! Thanks so much for any further insight into this....something tells me the recovery disc isn't going to format my new drive but fingers crossed...more thoughts/feedback appreciated!

Moving data from old computer to my new mac air

How do I, physically, move data from my old macbook pro to the new mac air I just ordered?

Here's one way...
Get another External Hard Drive... Format it to Mac OS Extended (journaled)... Drag and Drop the items you want from the Old Computer to the New External...
Then when you get your New Mac... connect the External Drive to it and Drag and Drop the items to the New Mac...
Also, See this Excellent Link by Pondini...
Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its backups, or a PC

Moving data from old iMac to new iMac

I am about to sell my old iMac and purchase a new iMac computer. I have Time Machine backed up on an external hard drive and a I have a "copy" of the old computer using Carbon Copy Cloner on another external hard drive. Is there a way to import this data to my new machine? If so how do I do it?
Norm

Norm,
Yes absolutely! You can move your information a couple of different ways. First is if your TM backup is current you can use Migration Assistant to restore from your TM backup. You can also restore from your copy of CCC by simply using the restore feature it has. Next is if you keep your old machine long enough to connect to the new machine you can migrate (again from Migration Assistant) directly from your old machine. So really you have lots of solutions available to you, you just have to decide which is best for your situation.
Regards,
Roger

Moving data from old computer to new computer. where does Palm Desktop app find conduit apps?

Please help,
I have backed up my old database files from my Palm programs off of my old computer
(The hard drive and computer were going bad, and then it died).
Question: what directories and where do I copy the old data, so I can hotsync?
I hotsynced once, but I don't see the programs in the Hotsynce conduit screen, where
you select to handheld overwrite desktop or synchronize the files.
Question: In the conduit screen, what directory does it look for the programs in?
I have a Sony-Clie, PEG-SJ22, Palm Desktop v4.1, Hotsync Mgr 4.1.0, .
I have spend 4 days on re-installing palm software, to solve the usb hotsync issue.
I'm finally able to hotsync, Thanks to previous postings and hours of re-installing different versions
of the palm software.
Any help on the questions, would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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The directory for your data will typically be c>program files>palm>[user folder, usually an abbreviated version of your Hotsync ID]
Are the missing conduits for third-party applications? If so, you will have to track down and reinstall them...most apps which have a conduit must run an installation routine on the desktop to actually install the conduit.
smkranz
I am a volunteer, and not an HP employee.
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Moving Data from old Mac to New Mac

I just bought a new Mac Book Pro and I have a two year old Mac Book Pro. How can I easily move all the data and applications over to the new Mac?

All of your transfer options are covered here:
http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html
Ciao.

How do i transfer my data from old iphone to new iphone

how do i transfer my data from old iphone to new iphone

You need to sync the data from your old iPhone, to the computer via iTunes. Once the data is on the computer, you then need to sync it to the new iPhone, also via iTunes.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/how-to/#video-sync - this is a link with a short video that teaches you how to sync your iPod / iPhone using iTunes
If you sycn with iCloud, you can also sync some of the data via iCloud. This may not work for all you music, if it was not purchased via iTunes.

Moving Data from Normal table to History tables

Hi All,
I'm in the process of moving data from normal tables to
History tables.
It can be some sort of a procedure which should be a cron job running at night.
My aim is to move data say 1.5 yrs or 2yrs old data to History tables.
What aspects i need to check when moving data. And how can i write a procedure for this requirement.
The schema is same in both the normal table and history table.
It has to be a procedure based on particular field RCRE_DT.
If the rcre_dt is above 2 yrs the data needs to be moved to HIS_<table>.
I have to insert record in to HIS_table and simultaneously delete record from the normal table.
This is in Production system and the tables are quite big.
Pls do find enclosed the attached sample schema for Normal table and HIS_<table>.
If i want to automate this script as a Cron job for similarly other History tables
how am i to do it in a single procedure assuming the procedure for moving the data is the same procedure.
Thanks for ur help in advance.
SQL> DESC PXM_FLT;
Name Null? Type
RCRE_USER_ID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(15)
RCRE_DT NOT NULL DATE
LCHG_USER_ID VARCHAR2(15)
LCHG_DT DATE
AIRLINE_CD NOT NULL VARCHAR2(5)
REF_ID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(12)
BATCH_DT NOT NULL DATE
CPY_NO NOT NULL NUMBER(2)
ACCRUAL_STATUS NOT NULL VARCHAR2(1)
FLT_DT NOT NULL DATE
OPERATING_CARRIER_CD NOT NULL VARCHAR2(3)
OPERATING_FLT_NO NOT NULL NUMBER(4)
MKTING_CARRIER_CD VARCHAR2(3)
MKTING_FLT_NO NUMBER(4)
BOARD_PT NOT NULL VARCHAR2(5)
OFF_PT NOT NULL VARCHAR2(5)
AIR_CD_SHARE_IND VARCHAR2(1)
UPLOAD_ERR_CD VARCHAR2(5)
MID_PT1 VARCHAR2(5)
MID_PT2 VARCHAR2(5)
MID_PT3 VARCHAR2(5)
MID_PT4 VARCHAR2(5)
MID_PT5 VARCHAR2(5)
PAX_TYPE VARCHAR2(3)
PAY_PRINCIPLE VARCHAR2(1)
SQL> DESC HIS_PXM_FLT;
Name Null? Type
RCRE_USER_ID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(15)
RCRE_DT NOT NULL DATE
LCHG_USER_ID VARCHAR2(15)
LCHG_DT DATE
AIRLINE_CD NOT NULL VARCHAR2(5)
REF_ID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(12)
BATCH_DT NOT NULL DATE
CPY_NO NOT NULL NUMBER(2)
ACCRUAL_STATUS NOT NULL VARCHAR2(1)
FLT_DT NOT NULL DATE
OPERATING_CARRIER_CD NOT NULL VARCHAR2(3)
OPERATING_FLT_NO NOT NULL NUMBER(4)
MKTING_CARRIER_CD VARCHAR2(3)
MKTING_FLT_NO NUMBER(4)
BOARD_PT NOT NULL VARCHAR2(5)
OFF_PT NOT NULL VARCHAR2(5)
AIR_CD_SHARE_IND VARCHAR2(1)
UPLOAD_ERR_CD VARCHAR2(5)
MID_PT1 VARCHAR2(5)
MID_PT2 VARCHAR2(5)
MID_PT3 VARCHAR2(5)
MID_PT4 VARCHAR2(5)
MID_PT5 VARCHAR2(5)
PAX_TYPE VARCHAR2(3)
PAY_PRINCIPLE VARCHAR2(1)

Hi All,
Thanks for ur valuable suggestion.But can u explain me bit more on this as i'm still confused about switching between partitoned tables and temporary table.Suppose if i have a table called PXM_FLT and an correspoding similar table named HIS_PXM_FLT.How can i do the partitioning shd i do the partitioning on the normal table or HIS_PXM_FLT.i do have a date field for me to partition based on range.Can u pls explain why shd i again create a temp.table.What's the purpose.Now the application is designed in such a way that old records have to be moved to HIS_PXM_FLT.can u pls highlight more on this.Your suggestions are greatly appreciated.As i'm relatively new to this partitioning technique i'm bit confused on how it works.But i came to understand Partitioning is a better operation than the normal insert or delte as it is more data intensive as millions of record need to be moved.Thanks for feedback and ur precious time.

How to transfer icloud data from old computer to new computer

how to transfer icloud data from old computer to new computer

The iCloud data will be on the new computer as soon as you download the iCloud control panel and sign into iCloud with your iCloud ID. What you see in iCloud is stored in iCloud, so it really doesn't matter what computer you are on. Once that computer is signed onto iCloud and the iCloud options are selected, you have full access to all of that information, and much of it is pushed back to your computer.
If you are referring to the data in an iCloud backup created by an iOS device, then that is not something that would be on a computer at all.
Does that answer your question? If not, post back with more info about what you are looking to find out.
Cheers,
GB

Just got new macbook pro (13inch) and restored all data from old mac via time machine. Now whenAudio drop out for 3-4 secs every 10 - 15 secs!! What is going on and what can I do?

Just got brand new macbook pro (13inch) and restored all data from old mac via time machine. Now when I p/back a track in logic I get audio drop out for 3-4 secs every 10 - 15 secs!! What is going on and what can I do? Its the same version of logic and all other functions seem fine!

First of all, why did you say yes to Nero Back up before researching what it does with files already on the HDD? When I install Nero, the Back Up is the first thing I disable, it is a nagging pain, there are much better backup programs available. There are several file recovery programs out there to recover deleted files, that is, if that is what happened. Also, if you haven't overwritten the files, so you should be able to find them.

Transferred data from old I-Pad to I-Pad two, can't get online or e-mail

Just transferred data from old I-Pad to I-Pad two, both Wi-fI 3 G. Can't get online with new I-Pad--but can with old one. Suggestions? Will not use 3G with old one, only with new one. Have mobile-me account.

Hi,
Can't get online with new I-Pad
Try syncing with just the default apps, not apps you have downloaded. Then restart the iPad and see if it makes a difference.
Carolyn

Regarding transfer of data from old pernr to new pernr

Hi Gurus,
here i am with scenario,transfer data from old pernr to new pernr with out using actions type.
it is better can anyone tell me the function module for the above scenario.

Hi,<br>
What do you mean by new pernr?
Is the employee rejoined the same company in same country? - Then can change the employement status of the employee in IT0000 to active and the load other required data for this use REHIRE action.This will with only old pernr. (there is no new pernr concept. employee is just rejoining the same company in same country)
or if you have to use different pernr, then use to alteast use hiring action to create new pernr. I believe you are doing that . If you need to use old employee data from old pernr, then connect old pernr record with new pernr record using Reference Personnel Id concept of IT0031.
Please read the SAP document on help.sap. and go ahead.
If it is for different country also you can use IT0031.
I can copy paste the text from help,sap but it would look like junk. It better you and read through the document to understand the concept.
Then let me know if you need any help and do provide feedbk.
Good luck<br><br>
Thanks,
Amosha
<br><br>"Known is a drop & unknown is an OCEAN!"
Edited by: Amosha on Jun 25, 2009 11:42 PM

Moving data from an array to a JTable

Hi,
I am facing some problems with handling array data to JTable.
My objective is moving data from a 10X5 data array to a JTable.
I am using the following code:
String columnNames = { "Col 1", "Col 2", "Col 3", "Col 4", "Col 5" };
for(int j=0; j<10; j++)
data[ j ] = array1[ j ] + array2[ j ] + array3[ j ] + array4[ j ] + array5[ j ];
JTable table = new JTable( data, coulmnNames);
Can you please help me with the error in tha above code.My array1 is a String array and the other four arrays are of Integer data type.
Thanks!!!

hi,
The actual error message is:
[root@localhost java]# javac GUI.java
GUI.java:144: incompatible types
found : int
required: java.lang.Object
data [j] [1] = array1[j];
^
GUI.java:145: incompatible types
found : int
required: java.lang.Object
data [j] [2] = array2[j];
^
GUI.java:146: incompatible types
found : int
required: java.lang.Object
data [j] [3] = array3[j];
^
GUI.java:147: incompatible types
found : int
required: java.lang.Object
data [j] [4] = array4[j];
^
4 errors
My code segment with line no goes as follows:
private static JTable createTable() {
       String[] columnNames = { "Col 1", "Col 2", "Col 3", "Col 4"' "Col 5" };
         Object data [ ] [ ] = new Object [10] [5];
   for( int j=0; j<10; j++)
          data [j] [0] = array1[j]; ...................Line:144
          data [j] [1] = array2[j]; ..................Line 145
          data [j] [2] = array3[j]; ....................Line 146
          data [j] [3] = array4[j]; .................Line 147
          data [j] [4] = array5[j];
final JTable table = new JTable(data, columnNames);
return table;
[code/]
Array 1 is declared as String array and Array 2,3,4,5 are declared as Integer arrays.The error is coming from the Integer arrays only.
Java version running on my machine is: 1.4.2
Please help!!!
Thanks!!!

Is that possible to transfer data from old apple id to new apple id becoz my old apple id is not working

Is that possible to transfer data from old apple id to new apple id becoz my old apple id is not working.

Merging of Apple ID accounts is not possible.

I had an iPhone 4 with all my music on it. Got rid of my desktop when I got an iPad. Now I have iPhone 4S. How do I get my music transferred from old phone to 4s and iPad without a desktop with iTunes on it?

I had an iPhone 4 with all my music on it. Got rid of my desktop when I got an iPad. Now I have iPhone 4S. How do I get my music transferred from old phone to 4s and iPad without a desktop with iTunes on it?

Restore the device from the backup created.
If no backup exists, there is nothing to recover.

Moving data from old power pc with OS 8.6 to computer with OS X

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