If you want a look inside an older iMac look here. <http://home.comcast.net/~woojo/DFFA53A0-F23D-4541-9015-481FD3B6532E/iMac_Disassembly.html>
I agree with Tom it isn't worth opening the case for this. Buy a firewire hard drive enclosure and just mount a hard drive in that. You can easily pull a drive to keep as a long term backup it is only a few screws. Given how the time machine backup works you will want external hard drive for that. On Nov 7, 2007 7:12 AM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >on my peeceez, I buy a drive, find a cable and power floating around in > >the machine and connect the drive. the drive hangs loose. I can clone > >the C drive in a very short time. I then just pull and label the drive > >and put it in a stack with other drives. can this be done with an iMac? > >I know there is no room in that case. but are there cables and power > >floating around? took forever to write to the external, and I know she'll > >over write it. > > Google on "iMac replace hard drive" and you will see why you do not want > to open your wife's computer. Step one involves using suction cups to > pull the glass off the front of the computer. USB or FireWire is so much > easier. > > If it took forever to write to the external drive then you probably don't > have high-speed USB. > > >I know its got to be tight inside the little box. I don't understand how > >they cool the processor. I have not opened the thing to look > >inside(wife's computer) and do not hear any fans running. > > There are two fairly large squirrel cage fans. > > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
