target disk mode on a wintel

[KyleC]

i have a g4 ibook, i have used target disk mode with my g5 tower before with success. g

However i just tried to use it with a pc, and the drive doesnt come up in my computer on the pc. Has anyone had any success using target disk mode with a windows system?

 

[grapes911]

Target mode only works with Macs. You cannot connect a Mac to a PC via Target Mode.

 

[KyleC]

ok, thanks! Is that becuase my pc cant read the mac journaled formating? or something else..

 

[grapes911]

I'm not sure if it is that or a firmware thing. Eitherway, if you want to connect a windows box and a Mac via firewire, here is a method:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031112091634533&query=firewire+ip+xp

 

[mad jew]

To the best of my knowledge, it's a firmware thing first and foremost but the drive formatting wouldn't help.

 

[Spanky Deluxe]

This isn't true. You *can* connect a mac to a wintel machine via target disk mode. The Windows machine should detect it as a mass storage device although to mount the drive and access the information you have to use a program like MacDrive 6.

I had to use this method to get the data off my iBook which had messed its OS X up before I could wipe it and do a clean install.


Spanky

 

[grapes911]

Then it's purely a driver (or format reading) thing. Anyway, I'd still recommend connecting them though the suggestion I posted above. Much safer that way and you don't need any extra drivers.

 

[mad jew]

Amazing.

I stand corrected, thank you Spanky Deluxe.