Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> wrote: > pm@INVALID.com(Phil) writes: > > > Hi: > > > > Last week the hard drive in my Tivo (Satellite/DVR ) died and had > > to be replaced. So now I am really concerned about the HD in my > > computer. > > > > This is what I have - > > > > Hardware Overview: > > > > Machine Model: Power Mac G4 > > CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3) > > Number Of CPUs: 1 > > CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz > > L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB > > L3 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB > > Memory: 1.25 GB > > Bus Speed: 167 MHz > > Boot ROM Version: 4.4.8f2 > > > > What is the easiest/cheapest method to provide a back up? Can I put a > > second HD inside the machine? I've heard of the external HD's, but I > > have already maxed out my connection/inputs (USB hub). Where is a good > > place to shop for the backup? > > It would be easy to put a second hard drive in that machine, and it > just takes a standard PC IDE hard drive. It is easy to buy those > almost anywhere that sells anything to do with PCs (office supply > stores, Circuit City type places, online stores, etc.) > > And you could back up to that to protect yourself against your current > hard drive failing. > > But if you have it in the same machine, you don't get any protection > against something catastrophic happening to your machine. You get > more protection from an external hard drive. > > The machine you describe should have firewire too - have you used that > port? Because you could get an external firewire drive as another > option. > > The question you don't answer, which is important, is what operating > system you are using. Because once you have a hard drive (or > something else) to backup to, you still need software to do the > backups with. > > Leopard (OS 10.5) has built in software called Time Machine to do > exactly this. Depending on what your backup needs are, that may work > for you. It is easy to use, and it does what it does very well.
I am running Mac OS X 10.3.9 Checking the backside of my computer I see that I have 2 open firewire ports.
I was thinking internal storage because of ez install, lack of general space, and I assume that an external HD would need to be plugged into the electric, and I'm already pretty maxed out in that area also.
Also if I add the second drive do I need to format (?) it? Do I need some program to teach it what to do? I have done some things inside of my computer such as memory upgrades, and swapped out the HD in my Tivo, but I don't know squat about how to do this backup. Advice greatly appreciated.
