Here are the procedures for transferring via Target Disk Mode. TDM allows you to connect two macs together with a firewire cable. TDM is very useful if your mac won’t boot and you need to back up files. It is can also used to troubleshoot the target computer remotely.

• 1. Make sure that the target computer is turned off. If you are using a PowerBook or iBook as the target computer, you should also plug in its AC power adapter.
• 2. Use a FireWire cable (6-pin to 6-pin) to connect the target computer to a host computer. The host computer does not need to be turned off.
• 3. Start up the target computer and immediately press and hold down the T key until the FireWire icon appears. The hard disk of the target computer should become available to the host computer and will likely appear on desktop. (If the target computer is running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, you can also open System Preferences, choose Start up Disk, and click Target Disk Mode. Then restart the computer and it will start up in Target Disk Mode.)
• 4. When you are finished copying files, drag the target computer’s hard disk icon to the Trash or select Put Away from the File menu (Mac OS 9) or Eject from the File menu (Mac OS X).
• 5. Press the target computer’s power button to turn it off.
• 6. Unplug the FireWire cable.

If the target computer’s hard disk does not become available to the host computer, check the cable connections and restart the host computer.