Ooops! Sent this direct to John. Sorry! But here it is now. Regards,
Philippe ------ Forwarded Message From: J Philippe Chaperon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:00:51 +0800 To: John Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Conversation: Portable HD Subject: Re: Portable HD Hi John & other WAMUG'rs, In the off chance, which USB port have you got the Maxtor plugged into? I may be incorrect, but I think that the USB ports in your keyboard are only for very low current drawing devices. If however you have tried the hard drive plugged into the main USB port then I do not know. My understanding is that USB2 devices are backward compatible, and therefore should work in your computer. Good luck, Philippe C on 31/8/07 8:20 PM, John Daniels at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks Bob > I bought the Maxtor 80GB today but cannot get my eMac to recognise it at > all. The Installation Guide indicates that the connection is USB 2 whereas > the eMac I think has USB 1 ports. Would that prevent the installation? > John D > > On 30/8/07 5:54 PM, "Robert Howells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> On 30/08/2007, at 5:23 PM, John Daniels wrote: >> >>> Bob >>> No knowing much about these things, can I use the $99 Maxtor on my >>> iMac >>> (table lamp) USB1 machine to back up data? >>> If so what software should I use to do the back up? >>> Thanks John D >> >> Hi John , >> >> I would suggest to you that if you do not have an external firewire >> drive >> that it is an advantage to have one . In trouble times it is possible >> to boot >> from an OSX system stored on a Firewire external drive . >> >> I don't know whether that Maxtor has Firewire as well as USB connections >> but because of it's price I am guessing it is USB only . >> >> That said , you should be able to backup data onto any Hard drive ! >> The Maxtor more than likely comes formatted for a PC , >> but that is usually not a problem as in most cases you can reformat >> using >> a Mac OS Drive utility . >> In your case you would probably still wish to boot from OS9 2 2 , >> in which case you would need to reformat using the OS9 Drive Utility >> and instal OS9 Hard Disk drivers. >> >> Do you have an OSX copy of Roxio Toast ? If so it should have a copy >> of Deja Vue with it , which will back up your Users data by auto >> or Manual means. >> >> Auto as in you set a time of the day and day of the week ( can be >> every day ) and >> so long as the backup drive is connected and powered up the back up >> takes place. >> >> Manual means you start it Manually and it does all the action needed . >> >> If you have no copy of Deja Vue I suggest you look over Superduper >> which is cable of cloning your total hard drive and backing it up , >> or if you wish , back up only your users . >> >> With an external firewire drive it is excellent for copying in all >> sorts of situations. >> >> Find info about Superduper here : >> >> <http://www.shirt-pocket.com/> >> >> This what I use but there are of course other methods to back up >> >> Have fun >> >> >> Bob >> >> ------ End of Forwarded Message -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
