Re: Can I erase one hard drive ?
lanstrad wrote: I have a BW G3 on which I had installed a second HD. The old one is only 6GB and almost full... In System Preferences, I have set to boot from OS X 10.4.11 from the bigger drive (Mac OS 9 was formerly on the small drive so OS X also installed there first). The larger drive is 40GB with 32 GB already free. Can I simply wipe everything on the small drive and use it to store or back-up things without messing anything ? (Or does the OS need to refer to anything on small drive in any time ?) Sorry, this is my lack of familiarity in Mac's world ;-) Thanks, Rob Sure, Insert your install disk, go to Disk Utilities, select the drive you want to erase, erase, partition if you like and then restart. You can also copy what you want to save from the 6GB to the 40GB and then erase it. or you can just take everything to the trash and empty. Dan II -- 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
Re: Can I erase one hard drive ?
On Dec 20, 2009, at 8:49 AM, DAN A CURRIE wrote: lanstrad wrote: I have a BW G3 on which I had installed a second HD. The old one is only 6GB and almost full... In System Preferences, I have set to boot from OS X 10.4.11 from the bigger drive (Mac OS 9 was formerly on the small drive so OS X also installed there first). The larger drive is 40GB with 32 GB already free. Can I simply wipe everything on the small drive and use it to store or back-up things without messing anything ? (Or does the OS need to refer to anything on small drive in any time ?) Sorry, this is my lack of familiarity in Mac's world ;-) Thanks, Rob Sure, Insert your install disk, go to Disk Utilities, select the drive you want to erase, erase, partition if you like and then restart. You can also copy what you want to save from the 6GB to the 40GB and then erase it. or you can just take everything to the trash and empty. Dan II You should also be able to use your bigger (40Gb) boot drive's Disk Utilities to erase the smaller drive without the need to use an install disk. Jim McGee -- 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
Re: Can I erase one hard drive ?
Before you do anything, consider downloading Carbon Copy Cloner and using that to accomplish what you want to do. --- On Sun, 12/20/09, Jim McGee orb...@dslextreme.com wrote: From: Jim McGee orb...@dslextreme.com Subject: Re: Can I erase one hard drive ? To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 9:10 AM On Dec 20, 2009, at 8:49 AM, DAN A CURRIE wrote: lanstrad wrote: I have a BW G3 on which I had installed a second HD. The old one is only 6GB and almost full... In System Preferences, I have set to boot from OS X 10.4.11 from the bigger drive (Mac OS 9 was formerly on the small drive so OS X also installed there first). The larger drive is 40GB with 32 GB already free. Can I simply wipe everything on the small drive and use it to store or back-up things without messing anything ? (Or does the OS need to refer to anything on small drive in any time ?) Sorry, this is my lack of familiarity in Mac's world ;-) Thanks, Rob Sure, Insert your install disk, go to Disk Utilities, select the drive you want to erase, erase, partition if you like and then restart. You can also copy what you want to save from the 6GB to the 40GB and then erase it. or you can just take everything to the trash and empty. Dan II You should also be able to use your bigger (40Gb) boot drive's Disk Utilities to erase the smaller drive without the need to use an install disk. Jim McGee -- 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 -- 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
Re: Can I erase one hard drive ?
Jim McGee orb...@dslextreme.com wrote the following on Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:10:11 -0800: You should also be able to use your bigger (40Gb) boot drive's Disk Utilities to erase the smaller drive without the need to use an install disk. Jim McGee I think this is what I would (at least try to) do. You may want to make sure the jumpers on the back of the hard drives are set correctly. I've had issues with read/write permissions from drives I've brought in from other computers whose jumpers weren't set correctly for the target computer. What Jim said should work, though. -- 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
