Move files over to an external dirve or copy them on to disk. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Mike Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Depending on how many hard drives you have in it already, you can at least > two EIDE hard drives internally fairly easily. One would go on top of the > existing hard drive, and one would go towards the front of the case. The > power and other cables for the two new hard drives already exist in the > case. If you wanted to, you could replace the optical drive with another > hard drive and the Zip drive with another hard drive, albeit a 2.5" hard > drive due to the smaller space. Instructional videos are available at Other > World Computing. Keep in mind that without installing a new hard drive > controller card in a PCI slot, the maximum size of the hard drives would be > 128 GB. I have a 20 GB hard drive in my 450, and a 160 GB external hard > drive connected to the 450 via Firewire. Once I get two internal hard drives > for the 450, I will disconnect the 160 GB hard drive and move it to another > computer. > > --- On Thu, 1/15/09, Charles Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Charles Davis <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Need advice on hard disk space on G4 > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 4:57 PM > > On Jan 15, 2009, at 2:13 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> I just upgraded my G4 450mhz to Tiger. Now I'm running out of hard >> disk space.....I only have 3GB left. I'm a Graphic Designer with >> Adobe programs. Any suggestions on how to get more disk space? >> Maybe internal or external drive or some other type of storage? >> >> Thanks in advance >> paula >> > Ouch ---- > Immediately if not sooner, look over the contents of 'Trash', remove > the 'goodies' that you really don't want to disappear, and > "Empty > Trash". > Hopefully you still have enough 'headroom' for the 'Empty > Trash' > program to run successfully. > That should retrieve a significant bit of space, enough to give you > time to cure your HD deficit. > If 'Empty Trash' won't run, STOP trying to run that system till you > > get an External Firewire drive that you can boot from. > HTH, Chuck D. > > > > >
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