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Madison · May 23, 2006, 04:08 AM

Hi guys,

My mother is dropping off her 233mhz iMac for me to clean up. I'm going to wipe the hard drive and do a clean install of OS 9 for her. I'd like to save what's on the hard drive first, but she has no CD burner. Will it work if I try to network her computer with my Dual 2.0 G5? Anything special I have to do besides hook them up with a cable and enable file sharing on her iMac? Any pointers would be great, thanks!

Tom

ghporter · May 23, 2006, 06:24 AM

What OS is the old iMac running? It should be VERY easy to move files from it in a number of ways. One of the easiest is to connect it in Target Disk mode, effectively making the iMac a very fancy external drive for your G5. You could also connect it to your network if you have one, but that would be a bit more complex.

ginoledesma · May 24, 2006, 02:34 AM

If you intend to do file sharing using AFP, make sure they connect over TCP/IP. Mac OS 10.4 dropped support for AFP over AppleTalk.

The method suggested by ghporter ought to be faster and simpler, though.