Yes you helped me a lot. I am not so good a decision making and you seem to understand exactly what I need. Grateful, Denise
On Jun 4, 2012, at 1:53 AM, Nathanael Hasbrouck <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 2:19 AM, Denise <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thank you! >> I am nervous about throwing away data, when I go to delete. >> As I have regrettably lost important stuff over the years. > > Amen. > >> The $30 unit you >> recommended... Does it really work? > > It should, as long as you have (or buy) a spare hard drive to put in > it. (That's the catch.) I'm not familiar with that particular brand, > though. Macally also makes a variety of enclosures which seem to be > rated better than other brands, at least on NewEgg: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007705&IsNodeId=1&srchInDesc=1394&page=1&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=RATING&PageSize=20 > > Something like that (Firewire 400 drive) is probably the way to go if > you want to keep those files accessible to the eMac and don't > want/have a file server. If it's just important to back them up and > you don't need them on the eMac any more, I would use the macbook > because that will get your files moved without any additional hardware > and you can use more modern/cheaper external USB drives with it. > > CDs are OK as a long term backup/storage medium, but it gets hard with > lots of data. I find it much easier to have redundant hard drive > backups than to keep track of what is on which CD and then store the > dozens of them it would take. It's also more time intensive to burn > and I'm lazy like that. > > So that's another $0.02 from someone else... hope it helps. :) > > NRH > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
