[G4] new hard drive issue

[Keith Whaley]

Mr. Jones...had you internded to add anything to the post?
All I see you did was to re-post my original question.
Why was that?

keith whaley

Rembert Jones wrote:

> 
> On Jun 11, 2004, at 5:00 AM, Keith Whaley wrote:
> 
>> Slightly different flavor of hard drive question, but I do need an 
>> answer...
>>
>> I have a 2002 Power Mac G4 tower, OS 10.2.8, 80 GB H.D.
>>
>> For backup purposes, I still need something to receive the data -- 
>> like another H.D.
>> Since I only have something like 6 GB of total data on the existing 
>> H.D. and the likelihood of ever surpassing even 10 GB is very slim, is 
>> it feasible to back up what content/data I do have on a 20 or 40 or 60 
>> GB H.D.?
>> Or must the receiving H.D. be at least as big as the drive being 
>> backed up?
>>
>> I don't particularly care about the cost of the new B.U. H.D., but if 
>> I need to look for a H.D. that has at least as large as 80 GB, I need 
>> to know that going in...
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
>>
>> keith whaley
>>
>>
>>
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