D, I don't usually write here but the lazy responses prompted me. Plus
I need to keep my flirting skills up.
I've an eMac I still use and recently went through the same process for
different reasons. You'd use an external drive (as you note) plus the
firewire port (as someone else noted), with an external enclosure like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/180864788342
or a LaCie firewire unit (which is what I use) if you want to spend
more.
You'll need a 3.5" IDE hard drive of suitable size and type to put into
the enclosure... then either clone your eMac drive or just copy off what
you want.
Have fun,
- jS
Denise wrote:
On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 08:03:56PM -0700, dmmmmcom wrote:
Hi I am trying to retire my emac from years of service. I need to get
an eternal hard drive to back it up so I can restore the software
which currently takes about 45 seconds before it can respond to a
command. (Although my son uses to to surf the web with.) Does anybody
have a recommendation for a reliable inexpensive external unit?
Denise
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