P/w's lost disc drive broken ibook g4

I have an old ibook g4 that has been in a drawer for a while and I suddenly wanted some information from it that I hadn't migrated to my new macbook pro. I haven't got a clue what the passwords are, even with the hints I gave to myself, it's three years since I looked at it. I did my student dissertation (conservation of historical objects) on this machine and I now have a studio and there are some recipes on there that I need on how to clean leather and a recipe for an airbrush medium (museum standard) and it's on this machine!!!! towards the end of my degree I ended up in hospital for 8 months, now recovered can't remember these passwords. The disc drive is broken on this g4 (which is why I got a new macbook pro) so I can't put the start-up disc in to reset by pressing the 'C' key. HELP please, I bet there's loads of other info on there that I've forgotten about like photos that I haven't seen in ages etc................... The charger lead's a bit loose but have managed to get it charged up but how do I get past this first screen????????? Hopeful that something can be done....... Can't remember what operating system exactly but know its O X

Hello, Welcome to the support community
You could try using your iBook as a FireWire drive to access your content. It would require a FireFire 400 to 800 lead, which will go between your iBook and MacBook This is called FireFire Target Disk Mode
Here is some information to help you
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
The only other way would be to remove the iBook's Hard Drive and place it into an external casing, allowing the drive to become an external USB drive.
Such as this http://www.amazon.com/HDE-Hard-Drive-Case-Enclosure/dp/B001AAVC2E/ref=sr_1_1?ie= UTF8&qid=1348662507&sr=8-1&keywords=2.5+ide+usb+hard+drive+caddy
They can be ordered from, places like Amazon or any good electronic retailer.
Best of Luck

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