Hi, I am very new to computers. I have a second hand PowerMac 7220/200 using OS 8.6. I have been trying to find a way to back it up. I checked the CD that came with it an found it to be for a Performa 5300, and have been told that this is the wrong disc and what I really need is an OS 8.6 CD.
Since then I have been on Ebay etc looking for a second hand OS 8.6 CD, with no luck. Are there any out there? Then the other day a friend of mine who has just bought an iBook offered me an OS 9.2 CD. He said that by installing this it will provide; a new OS and a readily available back up disc for the installed OS system. (I will be getting a new iMac M7677X/A later in the year so I will then have my own back up CD) But I did notice on the CD something along the lines of "OS 9.2 for iBook and would like to know: Will this install corrrectly on my 7220/200; How do I uninstall the 8.6; How do I install the 9.2; and Presuming I have done all of this successfully what else do I need to do to back up the rest of the computer? I told you I was a novice and because of this am unsure as to what exactly needs to be backed up and to where. I bought a Zip100 and could not fit the systems file onto it, so that didn't help. I checked on the Performa Cd and found a back up program, but that would only use HD floppies and I would need about 400 hundred of them! Is there a program download available that will let me do a back up with the zip100 i.e load disc A, now load Disc B unitl the computer is backed up? This would be extremely valuable if I choose or have to install the 9.2, because I could back up the entire OS 8.6 to the zip100 beforehand. If I am able to do this can the whole computer be run again using the zip discs if it crashes? Finally can someone point me in the right direction as regards to upgrading the 7220/200? Someone suggested increasing the RAM, (which I would like to have more of but am unsure as to how to do it and what is required to be purhcased), also increasing the HD to 10 gig and upgrading to a 233mhz G3. ( Is there much difference between the 200 mhz ppc 603e that I have and the 233mhz G3? ) He said he had done similar with a 7500 and it had cost him about $250. Would this be a waste of time and money and would I be better leaving it and just getting the iMac? I know that my knowledge, computer and OS are antiquated in comparison to what I have read so far on the messages page and the subjects discussed at last Tuesday's WAMUG meeting. I was even embarrased to ask these questions during the question time, but we all have to start somewhere and I would appreciate your help and your opinions. Thanks Matt Falvey
