On Aug 11, 2010, at 4:15 PM, artemis wrote: > I have a G4 MDD Dual-1Gb, running 10.4.11. In 8 years it's never EVER > missed a beat and continues to be my faithful workhorse for graphic > arts and music recording. However, for my two original internal 80Gb > drives it's obviously just a matter of time before they fall over. So, > in order to safeguard against the inevitable, I'm ready to purchase a > Firewire external drive to do the CCC thing and create a bootable > backup. I've visited the Bombich site and spent time trawling through > the FAQs and other advice, and now I'm more confused than ever. Apart > from a general warning about WD enclosures being totally unsuitable, > and a vague endorsement of a particular Verbatim enclosure, I'm having > a hard time identifying an external with the correct chipset that WILL > definitely do the job. Any tried-and-tested recommendations from > anyone on this list? Thanks in advance ...
Any FW enclosure with Oxford chip set and HDD PATA will do the trick with CCC. The Oxford chip enclosures will boot the Mac's with out fail 99.9% of the time. I'm partial to the Seagate 500 GB drives in an OWC enclosure. but that's just me:-) John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
