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Well,recently find that snow leopard doesn't have a very great solution for backing up the file when couldn't login to the windows other than (TDM) which need two mac. Is they other way of getting the files without using TDM? Safe Mode is not the solution when couldn't log in other method that i left out?

And Windows have some method which really able to backup the file when the system are unable to LOG IN! Is they a way that mac can work the same way?

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  On 08/10/2010 at 20:16, Alladaskill said:

Not having the login changes things quite a bit.

if you have the knowledge or skill to share with me then it's great,your respone to this thread waste of time and others as well

  On 08/10/2010 at 20:18, simrat said:

you can back up your data by booting with linux live cd and moving all your data to other drives.......if i cant login into my system then i use this method

well thanks for the info,but as far as i know windows can backup when occur this type of similar system...and target disk mode is also another method for mac to transfer the file but i don't have two mac so can't be the best choice of doing it unless i have two mac in order to get back my file.

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  On 08/10/2010 at 19:55, SkyMoon said:

Well,recently find that snow leopard doesn't have a very great solution for backing up the file when couldn't login to the windows other than (TDM) which need two mac. Is they other way of getting the files without using TDM? Safe Mode is not the solution when couldn't log in other method that i left out?

And Windows have some method which really able to backup the file when the system are unable to LOG IN! Is they a way that mac can work the same way?

That was hard to read / comprehend ... You want to back up the files on a computer, but you don?t have the password to log into that said computer... is that right?

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I believe that his issue is that somehow his OS is corrupt, and he can't boot/log in to the system normally.

One thing you could do is physically remove the hard drive from the machine and hook it up to another one to transfer the files.

Another might be to use a linux Live CD, which would let you start up a linux OS without modifying the hard drive, and then copy files over from the hard drive to a usb drive. (Does anyone know for sure of a Live CD distro that supports the HFS+ file system?)

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  On 12/10/2010 at 00:05, PsykX said:

That was hard to read / comprehend ... You want to back up the files on a computer, but you don’t have the password to log into that said computer... is that right?

please read the title carefully.

  On 12/10/2010 at 02:47, Stetson said:

I believe that his issue is that somehow his OS is corrupt, and he can't boot/log in to the system normally.

One thing you could do is physically remove the hard drive from the machine and hook it up to another one to transfer the files.

Another might be to use a linux Live CD, which would let you start up a linux OS without modifying the hard drive, and then copy files over from the hard drive to a usb drive. (Does anyone know for sure of a Live CD distro that supports the HFS+ file system?)

Yep,you're right about the os is corrupted. how to get the linux live cd?

  On 12/10/2010 at 03:07, offroadaaron said:

Boot to the Mac OS X CD and go to the terminal and you can access your data that way, you just need to know how to use the terminal which isn't hard.

Provide some fundamental guide? :D but i don't get it Why windows can easily get back the files while mac have to gone through this kind of step that's just sad

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Right, it's only because of the other posters that I have an idea of what the problem is. I didn't understand what you were saying at the beginning.

Basically, you can't log in to your mac, you didn't use time machine to begin with, and now you want to get hold of the files that you once had?

Get a firewire cable. Plug it in to another computer. Turn on the mac, but hold the T button until you see a firewire icon appear. Your mac becomes an external hard drive that the other computer should be able to read (see: Target Disk Mode). Copy the appropriate files over, format the mac, then use time machine so that you don't make the same mistake again.

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  On 12/10/2010 at 06:19, Intrinsica said:

Right, it's only because of the other posters that I have an idea of what the problem is. I didn't understand what you were saying at the beginning.

Basically, you can't log in to your mac, you didn't use time machine to begin with, and now you want to get hold of the files that you once had?

Get a firewire cable. Plug it in to another computer. Turn on the mac, but hold the T button until you see a firewire icon appear. Your mac becomes an external hard drive that the other computer should be able to read (see: Target Disk Mode). Copy the appropriate files over, format the mac, then use time machine so that you don't make the same mistake again.

I tried this method before if you read in my first post of this thread and they shouldn't expect people having two mac!! while majority people using microsoft operating system

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  On 12/10/2010 at 06:33, SkyMoon said:

I tried this method before if you read in my first post of this thread and they shouldn't expect people having two mac!! while majority people using microsoft operating system

In fairness, I tried to read your first post. It was unintelligible. I understand that English might not be your first language, but it's difficult to help when the question isn't understandable.

Firewire is supported on many machines, not just macs. A machine running Windows XP will support Firewire, so it's still an option for you (providing the machine has the port for a Firewire cable).

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  On 12/10/2010 at 06:45, Intrinsica said:

In fairness, I tried to read your first post. It was unintelligible. I understand that English might not be your first language, but it's difficult to help when the question isn't understandable.

Firewire is supported on many machines, not just macs. A machine running Windows XP will support Firewire, so it's still an option for you (providing the machine has the port for a Firewire cable).

The desire for this thread is for providing a simple clue on how to retrieve some important files when the operating system failed.Seriously,this isn't the best way of doing it so.For regular people,this is 100% pathetic!

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Just do what's been said 100 times already.

Download Ubuntu from Ubuntu.com, burn the ISO to a disc, boot from the disc, plug in a USB Pen Drive, and drag the files you want onto the USB drive. DONE. EASY! 10 minutes maximum. It's the SAME way you do it on Windows.

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I was going to offer some advice but after anyone tries to help it seems as if SkyMoon seems to be shooting everybody's advice down and gets just a little bit, say hostile. And all without even a 'please' or a 'thank you?' I was going to just walk away but I can't help but say that you get what you give here, SkyMoon. There are tons of people here who are both very patient and very knowledgeable in all things computing, you just need to be helpful enough, and polite enough for other users to take their time out to help. This isn't a computer call-center, this a forum where people aren't paid to help rude people fix their computers.

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  On 12/10/2010 at 08:22, suicide_pact said:

I was going to offer some advice but after anyone tries to help it seems as if SkyMoon seems to be shooting everybody's advice down and gets just a little bit, say hostile. And all without even a 'please' or a 'thank you?' I was going to just walk away but I can't help but say that you get what you give here, SkyMoon. There are tons of people here who are both very patient and very knowledgeable in all things computing, you just need to be helpful enough, and polite enough for other users to take their time out to help. This isn't a computer call-center, this a forum where people aren't paid to help rude people fix their computers.

Thank you, my sentiments exactly. But hey, I'll leave him to it.

EDIT: Removed last sentence. I might be having a b**** of a day, but the original two sentences were enough.

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  On 12/10/2010 at 08:22, suicide_pact said:

I was going to offer some advice but after anyone tries to help it seems as if SkyMoon seems to be shooting everybody's advice down and gets just a little bit, say hostile. And all without even a 'please' or a 'thank you?' I was going to just walk away but I can't help but say that you get what you give here, SkyMoon. There are tons of people here who are both very patient and very knowledgeable in all things computing, you just need to be helpful enough, and polite enough for other users to take their time out to help. This isn't a computer call-center, this a forum where people aren't paid to help rude people fix their computers.

can you explain when did i really shooting everybody advice down? obviously you did not read some of the previous post , and "thank you ,please"? OMG i have reply to some of the people in their given advice respone and you did not even realise it straight away criticise me for being rude? That's interesting MAN! if you not down with that then **** off! don't need your stupidity respone for wasting my precious time for yelling without giving any advice.

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