I have a FireWire cable you can borrow. Otherwise try booting from the snow leopard disc and using dusk utility(it will be up at the top) to make a backup of the whole disk.

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On Sep 8, 2010, at 7:44 PM, Dillan James Wilding <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thanks for all the help today but the copy command wouldn't work and I couldn't actually go into any of the directories because of permissions so I was wondering what is next? Do you guys know how to get around that or to copy the files another way? Should I try firewire? Anyone have a firewire cable?
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> Quoting Christopher Tucci <[log in to unmask]>:
> 
>> grabbed the disc, and am now back in the lab, see ya'll soon
>> 
>> peace,
>> Tucci
>> On Sep 8, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Dillan James Wilding wrote:
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>>> I do believe it is an intel so the 10.6 will most likely work.
>>> 
>>> Quoting Christopher Tucci <[log in to unmask]>:
>>> 
>>>> is it an intel or PPC mac? i think i have a 10.6 i can run home  and  grab, but i may not have 10.5 for the ppc.
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>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 8, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Dillan James Wilding wrote:
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>>>>> Can anyone bring a Mac OS X disk to the CSSA meeting tonight? A   friend is having problems with her mac and I have come to a dead   end troubleshooting without one. Thank you!
>>>> 
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