Portable HDD cloning

[markand556]

Well i picked up a portable that has a sad mac error that im leading torwards a bad battery. My plans are to install a new battery and recap the board.

Seeing as how I love to dive into things farther than I should I ended up buying another portable, this one though has no hard drive. I know that these are SCSI drives and have a different pinout. My question is can I clone my drive from the first one to some sort of drive for the second?

 

[Elfen]

If you can get a SCSI Drive from the first Mac Portable to read on a classic Mac, like a Plus, Mac II up to a Q700, you can. And without fancy cloning software.

Just format the second drive in the system you want it on (System 6 format I believe a portable uses), and then copy the folders & files from the first drive into a folder in the classic Mac, and then copy the folders and files from the folder in the folder on the classic Mac to the second drive.

 

[max1zzz]

You'll need a 34pin to 50pin scsi adapter, Uniserver sells them

With one of those, yes you can clone the drive across, but make sure you pick a low power drive to ensure you don't overload the portables circuitry (i have gone with a SCSI2SD for my Portable)

 

[techknight]

what is the sad mac error. it probably needs recapped and repaired. 

 

[markand556]

Ya, thats my plan with the first one. I was just trying to figure out a way to get a drive working for the second one.

I think I read somewhere that the SE's drive can be put in and it would work right off the bat. I have an SE sitting around also that is in great working shape. I just want to get a drive for this other portable.

 

[markand556]

I also just realized that I am in need of a floppy drive and both the brackets for the HDD and the floppy. Hopefully this doesnt end up breaking my budget on this thing.

 

[Paralel]

34 pin? Where did apple come up with these ideas?

 

[Elfen]

34 Pins was the standard for SCSI 2.5 inch drives before Apple choose them for their laptops. There are a few things that Apple can not change, and had to deal with it!