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From: Erik Richard Sørensen on 30 Nov 2009 18:38 Paul Magnussen wrote: > Well, I've just disconnected the 240 GB external Western Digital hard > disk, and the clicking's disappeared, so the inference and (given the > replies here) my course of action both seem obvious. My iTunes and > iPhoto libraries are on it, though both are backed up. > > Would there be any limit to how large an external FireWire disk I can > connect? No, you can connect even the largest FW disk on the market without problems to a Firewire connection on any Mac with a Firewire port. Cheers, Erik Richard -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-manNOSP(a)Mstofanet.dk> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com OpenOffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: nospam on 30 Nov 2009 18:54 In article <4b1455f7$0$21652$ba624c82(a)nntp02.dk.telia.net>, Erik Richard S�rensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > > The current disk is a 76.7 GB IBM-IC35L080AVV07-0 (it says here). > > Then it /is/ an IBM DeskStar, and sure I'll recommend you to make a > backup of all your data as soon as possible - the sooner the better! only a couple of models of the deskstar had problems, notably the 75gxp. in general, they're very good.
From: Paul Sture on 2 Dec 2009 12:26 In article <nospam.m-m-6C219A.16010930112009(a)cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com>, M-M <nospam.m-m(a)ny.more> wrote: > In article <HLednWCbfpUcZY7WnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, > Paul Magnussen <magiconinc(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > All my main documents are backed up on a networked G3. Most of my apps > > are on disk or CD, but there are a few (such as REAL basic) that I > > downloaded. I will back those up immediately. I guess I also need to > > back up my preferences and my bookmarks. > > > > I think I will get a new disk and start using it before the old one > > goes belly up. > > > > Anything I've missed? > > > Yes. Definitely clone your disk with SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner so > you can be back where you left off very easily without reinstalling or > resetting anything. SilverKeeper worked for me in that situation. It has the bonus of being free. -- Paul Sture
From: Paul Sture on 2 Dec 2009 12:22 In article <48udnXQckYNzRo_WnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, Paul Magnussen <magiconinc(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > My G4 (OS 10.4.11), which I've had for many years, has suddenly started > making 5 or 6 loud clicks when it boots up, or wakes from sleep. I > presume (without proof) that this is from disc seeks, since apart from > that everything functions normally. > > Is this cause for alarm? And if so, what should I do about it? > I would guess that it's the internal disk failing. My iBook did that several years ago. Fortunately I was well backed up to an external Firewire disk, so I simply made sure it was up to date and started booting from that. -- Paul Sture
From: Paul Sture on 2 Dec 2009 12:29
In article <4b12eb41$0$21653$ba624c82(a)nntp02.dk.telia.net>, Erik Richard S�rensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > Since it's a G4, I'll recommend to replace the disk with a > WesternDigital Scorpio. You can get a 320gb for reasonable amount of > money - apprx. $100USd - maybe less depending on where you're living... Having a Western Digital drive myself, I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. -- Paul Sture |