Al Poulin wrote: > > > On Jun 17, 8:21 pm, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >> deftone_75 wrote: >>> Does anyone know if I can add a second hard drive to my emac? It is >>> 1.25 Ghz 1gb ram 80 gb HD, 10.5.7 usb 2.0 superdrive model. Thanks so >>> much >> You can but only externally via FireWire (preferred) or USB. >> >> Considering the price of HDs it's pretty trivial to replace the 80Gb >> with a much bigger drive. >> >> I recently had to replace the HD in my Mini. When I looked around I >> found a 320Gb drive for something like $80 and that is for a laptop >> drive. So instead of adding a drive just replace it with a big enough >> drive. > > And after that, you can put the 80GB into a Firewire enclosure and > make it a bootable alternative and a backup for your Users folder.
That and putting it in the FW enclosure is the easiest way of transferring your data or whole disk over to the new drive. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
