Re: Is my Powermac G4 MDD calling itself out?

2009-07-13 Thread dualG4Wheels
On Jul 13, 10:07 am, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 8:48 PM -0700 7/12/2009, dualG4Wheels wrote: On Jul 12, 9:01 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:   Update your backups!  Just in case it's the HD... I have time machine on the job as we speak. You cannot boot from a TM backup.  So

Is my Powermac G4 MDD calling itself out?

2009-07-12 Thread dualG4Wheels
Hi there, I have a Powermac G4 MDD, with dual 1.42 processors, that I have been using for the past three years. A couple of weeks ago, when I shut the machine down, right before it went off altogether,but after the hard drive parked, I heard a distinct two beat (and beep) melody coming from

Re: Is my Powermac G4 MDD calling itself out?

2009-07-12 Thread dualG4Wheels
On Jul 12, 4:25 pm, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: On Jul 12, 2009, at 3:24 PM, dualG4Wheels wrote: Hi there, I have a Powermac G4 MDD, with dual 1.42 processors, that I have been using for the past three years. A couple of weeks ago, when I shut the machine down

Re: Is my Powermac G4 MDD calling itself out?

2009-07-12 Thread dualG4Wheels
On Jul 12, 9:01 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 12:24 PM -0700 7/12/2009, dualG4Wheels wrote: Powermac G4 MDD, with dual 1.42 processors A couple of weeks ago, when I shut the machine down, right before it went off altogether,but after the hard drive parked, I heard a distinct two

Proper Backup Procedure for Migration?

2009-05-20 Thread dualG4Wheels
Greetings, For a while now, I have been backing up my father's Macbook via wi-fi by dragging the files from off his hard drive onto a firewire drive that is attached to my G4 MDD. I copy everything over to this drive except for the System Folder. The MBP is running 10.4.11, and I maybe in a