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nigelwarner2nigelwarner2
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Ok the hard drive my 12" iBook G4 1.33 is now officially full to the brim with music. In the year that I've owned it I've erased as much stuff that I don't need (i.e. Nanosaur 2, old docs, etc.). I'm guessing that an external hard drive is the only real option here, so I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions about ones to use for storage of music, pictures, etc. I'd like to find one at a decent price, as it would be for just bulk storage, and thus transfer rates wouldn't come into play too badly.



Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

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    applepiapplepi Posts: 365member
    Or you could buy a larger 2.5" internal hard drive. I believe they come in sizes up to 160gig now.
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    nigelwarner2nigelwarner2 Posts: 13member
    Interesting. How difficult is it to swap them out?
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    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    If you're mechanically inclined, it shouldn't be too hard. You'll probably need a T8 screwdriver, though. If you have some finances available, you may want to get a 2.5" Firewire external disk, and just swap the HDs. You'll need some way to move the data, and this would be the easiest way.



    I'm not sure that USB disks can be booted from, though, so beware about that.
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    imacfanimacfan Posts: 444member
    Be careful before you rip apart your iBook. Some say that it's not too bad, some list it as the most technical thing that they have ever done. Head on over to the service guides on www.ifixit.com - they take you through every step in photos, so should help you decide whether or not its something you want to do.



    David
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    applepiapplepi Posts: 365member
    Yes it probably is best to buy a large capacity external USB model and swap that one with your internal drive. Remember though you want 2.5" and not 3.5" drives.



    Or if you don't have a problem not carrying all your data on your machine you could always use the external drive to store stuff you don't always need at your finger tips. Alot of small external 2.5" drives are very portable and can be powered directly off the USB cable itself, so there is no need to plug it into the wall. Making it easy for on-the-road access. But that will drain your laptop battery faster and it's not quite as portable as just having a larger drive in your machine itself.
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    nigelwarner2nigelwarner2 Posts: 13member
    OK, for simplicity's sake I just got myself a new external hard drive. Seeing as how it's capacity is so much greater than what I need (for now) I figure I'll use it to back up my whole system, rather than just music and pictures.



    What is the best (preferably free) program to do this? Is there one that will back up all the data and system files like bookmarks, keychain, etc.? Has this been asked 1,000 times before and I'm just not reading through the posts?
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    mikefmikef Posts: 698member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by NigelWarner2


    OK, for simplicity's sake I just got myself a new external hard drive. Seeing as how it's capacity is so much greater than what I need (for now) I figure I'll use it to back up my whole system, rather than just music and pictures.



    What is the best (preferably free) program to do this? Is there one that will back up all the data and system files like bookmarks, keychain, etc.? Has this been asked 1,000 times before and I'm just not reading through the posts?



    I had an 80GB drive installed in my mid-2004 iBook for the cost of an hour's labour (and the drive, obviously). Well worth the expense given that I wasn't about to destroy my iBook for the sake of saving a few $$$.



    Yeah, the backup topic has come up a million times over... I use SuperDuper. It's not free, but not expensive (around $20 IIRC).
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