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Q: what options are available to backup a powerpc 7500 hard drive prior to recycling

What options are available to back up a working and connected powerpc 7500 hard drive prior to recycling?

Can I upload the files to an icloud account?

 

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

Sincerely,

William

powerpc 7500, Mac OS X (10.4)

Posted on Sep 3, 2012 1:18 PM

by asgr,Solvedanswer
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A:

Hey W.,

 

You're a bit stuffed in terms of connectivity and you need to access all the system files.

 

However you could...

1) Buy hard drive shell (for a few bucks) and place drive in that (should work but a bit geeky).

2) Make an img image with OS9 DiskUtil and upload it to a file site.

3) Use a spare hard drive and buy a PCI USB/FW card and boot from OS disk and Diskcopy the drive.

 

Or take it to a professional to make you a CD/DVD if it is that important ;-).

 

A.

Posted on Sep 11, 2012 11:51 AM

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Sep 3, 2012 6:50 PM in response to wmbjohnson
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    Sep 3, 2012 6:50 PM in response to wmbjohnson

    Hi William,

     

    What OS is on it?

     

    If it connects to the Internet, there should be a way, but iCloud is out.

     

    What Speed Internet connection does it have?

     

    How big is what you need to backup?

     

    Does it have an Ethernet cable?

  • by wmbjohnson,

    wmbjohnson wmbjohnson Sep 3, 2012 8:27 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Sep 3, 2012 8:27 PM in response to BDAqua

    Hi BDAqua,

     

    The OS is 9.0.

     

    Yes, the ethernet set up is fine so it does connect to the internet.

     

    Cable Modem 9 Mb/s speed

     

    I would like to save or backup about 100 MB at the most.

     

    Yes, it does have Ethernet access & cable.

     

    Thank you for your help.

     

    Sincerely,

    William

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Sep 3, 2012 9:12 PM in response to wmbjohnson
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    Sep 3, 2012 9:12 PM in response to wmbjohnson

    I think you'd be best using File Sharing & transfer to another Mac, but many ISPs provide Disk space... who do you use, & do you have any Apps to compress he files?

     

    What other computers do you have & the OSes?

  • by wmbjohnson,

    wmbjohnson wmbjohnson Sep 3, 2012 9:20 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Sep 3, 2012 9:20 PM in response to BDAqua

    Hi BDAqua,

     

    Yes, I wish I had another Mac. 

    Can I use the DB25 port?

    I was wondering if I could purchase a SCSI to USB cable and then back up the files to a USB connected external hard drive?

     

    http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-DB25F-Parallel-Printer-USB-DB25F/dp/B000CRWRZ2/ref =sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346722911&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+db25+cable

     

    I think there is Stuffit delux on the HD.

     

    My other machines are PC's running Windows ME, 2000, XP.

    I am trying to recyle to one machine until I get a new job.

     

    Thank you again for your help.

     

    Sincerely,

    WIlliam

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Sep 3, 2012 10:00 PM in response to wmbjohnson
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    Sep 3, 2012 10:00 PM in response to wmbjohnson

    Looks like SCSI, but isn't, so that adapter will NOT work.

     

    Stuffit Deluxe should be good, it'll maintain the Forks & such if you transfer to a PC for now.

  • by wmbjohnson,

    wmbjohnson wmbjohnson Sep 4, 2012 7:43 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Sep 4, 2012 7:43 AM in response to BDAqua

    Hi BDAqua,

     

    So you are staing that the DB25 port cannot be used to transfer the data to an external storage drive?

    You recommend using stuffit deluxe and transfering the though what port?

     

    What about transferring the files to a DropBox account?

     

    Thank you again for your help.

     

    Sincerely,

    William

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Sep 4, 2012 12:57 PM in response to wmbjohnson
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    Sep 4, 2012 12:57 PM in response to wmbjohnson

    So you are staing that the DB25 port cannot be used to transfer the data to an external storage drive?

    Well, is that DB25 Port SCSI I guess? Do you have an external SCSI Drive? Any other computer that can read/connect SCSI to?

     

    You recommend using stuffit deluxe and transfering the though what port?

    After stuffing them, then using either File Sharing, or Internet to transfer them.

     

    What about transferring the files to a DropBox account?

    I was thinking about mentioning DropBox, but not sure if OS9 could login into or use it, see if you can, that would work great.

  • by asgr,Solvedanswer

    asgr asgr Sep 11, 2012 11:51 AM in response to wmbjohnson
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    Sep 11, 2012 11:51 AM in response to wmbjohnson

    Hey W.,

     

    You're a bit stuffed in terms of connectivity and you need to access all the system files.

     

    However you could...

    1) Buy hard drive shell (for a few bucks) and place drive in that (should work but a bit geeky).

    2) Make an img image with OS9 DiskUtil and upload it to a file site.

    3) Use a spare hard drive and buy a PCI USB/FW card and boot from OS disk and Diskcopy the drive.

     

    Or take it to a professional to make you a CD/DVD if it is that important ;-).

     

    A.

  • by wmbjohnson,

    wmbjohnson wmbjohnson Sep 11, 2012 3:48 PM in response to asgr
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    Sep 11, 2012 3:48 PM in response to asgr

    asgr,

     

    Thank you so much that was perfect!  I was hoping somone who knew the old systems would come up with a

    solution eventually.  This is great.  Keep up the good work! I really appreciate your kind help

     

    Sincere,

    WiIlliam