Back in the day when i used a PM 7100 I relied very heavily on Zip drives for back up and transfers of large amounts of data. Actually, I still do, but not quite as much as I used to. eventually, i'll be moving to those little USB keychain drive thingies, haven't decided when. Just the same, for an 8600 a zip drive, or similar drive would be excellent for you, allowing you to back up up to 100 mb, or possibly 250 if the 250 mb drives are compatible with the 8600. It's possible, also, to get a CD RW drive, which has been working very well for me on my iMac and Compaq presario tower. Other options could include getting an external dirve, or another internal drive to put all the files and data you need onto, and then reformat and install the newer OS. I'd aggree with the others- reformat to HFS+ is definately soemthing You should be getting ready for, especially if you're dealing with more than a couple gigs of hard drive. You won't regret it. Brian
In a message dated 6/30/2004 5:12:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Fluxstringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Steve fretted; > >>Question: �I have an 8600/300 that is running OS 8.0 >> >>To make the move to 9.0, will that wipe out everything on my hard >>drive, or only if I have to go to HFS+ �? > >� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �� > >Steve I take it that your concern is that you have no way to back up >your games, email, art, mp3s and programs for which you may no longer >have install disks. �Been there, done that ! > >Well, as painful as it may seem back it up as best you can. �And let >the rest go. There is a lot more to come ! 2 weeks after you install >OS 9 ( 9.1 , I hope ) �and have reformatted to HFS+ you won't look >back. And you will be glad you did it. > >If you must, get on the swap list and find the cheapest way to make >back ups that fits your budget. > >Just have faith that you are making the right move here. >-- >Adrian > >-- >PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics � �http://www.smalldog.com �| Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 � | �& CDRWs on Sale! �| > > � � �Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
