Someone at vwmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let's say I buy a 40 GB 3.5 in ATA drive. I have OS 9 and OSX on CDs > ready to install. When I put the new drive in do I boot from the OS 9 > disc and partition the drive at that time?
That's what I would do. > > What is the best way to get the info from my old 4 GB drive? I do > not have firewire or a CD burner so can I buy some sort of USB > enclosure for the drive so I can transfer what ever info is on it > back to the new drive? That's one good approach. And you can continue to use that drive for backup. Another idea is to find someone with a Mac with a large hard drive which could temporarily store the essential data on your old drive. Transfer via ethernet. > > I have never had a Mac or PC with a partitioned HD. Are there any > particular strategies to working with a partitioned drive? In case > you want to know what I use my iMac for, I am not a super high-end > user. I take lots of family photos with a digital camera and mess > around with Photoshop. Also, I would like to get 100 or so of my > favorite CDs into iTunes and get an iPod at some point. Here's what I just wrote in another e-list. QUOTE: Music and graphics can load that up pretty quick. One reason to partition is to have a separate volume as a scratch disk if you use Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. I like to keep applications and data on their own volumes. That makes backing up the data a bit simpler and if I need to fix or change the OS, I do not risk messing up the apps and data. You can also have an emergency OS volume with troubleshooting utilities already there like TechTool Pro and Disk Warrior. UNQUOTE Someone else mentioned the beauty of being able to manage his images partition better for defragmentation without having to also run the utility on the rest of the data and software. -- Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
