I do have two hard drives. The one with the OS is a 10 GB drive with 1.6 GB left. The other drive is an 80 GB drive with 73 GB left. I though I had moved over the applications and such from the smaller one to the larger one, but perhaps I've missed a few. What is safe to move over?
On Aug 26, 12:47 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 8:27 AM -0700 8/26/2009, Jasiu wrote: > > >G4 Sawtooth 400 MHZ machine running 10.4.11. > > >I want to put a larger HD in. > > Just add another drive! Use the original drive for the operating > system, applications, and your basic user files. Use the new drive > for your other / big stuff - movies, music, etc. Much more efficient > to throw data around from two drives than to bottleneck it on one! > > >How do I go about saving thew OS that is currently on it? > > Make a backup using an app such as Carbon Copy Cloner (free). > > >Can I put it on a thumbdrive? > > Yes, if it's big enough. Make sure you re-initialize it as HFS+ > Journaled, case insensative, first tho, so you don't corrupt the > Mac's file system when you make the backup. Most such devices are > FAT (PC) formatted originally. > > >Will it boot from it? > > Um.... I think Sawtooth can boot from a USB device. So then it > probably would boot from a flash drive. Bruce? Someone? yes? > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
