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17" white iMac (late 2006) HDD replacement -- Urgent
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<blockquote data-quote="iMac and Me" data-source="post: 1002474" data-attributes="member: 144551"><p>Your suggestion is probably the best thing to do. OK, a few questions:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">In your opinion how much longer do you think a 3-year-old drive could last?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">I read somewhere that Macs CAN ONLY BOOT from an external via Firewire, not USB. Is that true?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">I have a Firewire external with enough space, but I don't know how to do that. Is it simply a matter of installing the OS directly from the 2 DVDs that came with my Mac? Once that's installed do I have to press a certain key before I power on my Mac in order to boot from the external?</p><p></p><p>I know all of this is on the web, on this forum... but I would really love some stripped-down no-frills help.</p><p></p><p>Thanx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iMac and Me, post: 1002474, member: 144551"] Your suggestion is probably the best thing to do. OK, a few questions: [INDENT]In your opinion how much longer do you think a 3-year-old drive could last? I read somewhere that Macs CAN ONLY BOOT from an external via Firewire, not USB. Is that true? I have a Firewire external with enough space, but I don't know how to do that. Is it simply a matter of installing the OS directly from the 2 DVDs that came with my Mac? Once that's installed do I have to press a certain key before I power on my Mac in order to boot from the external?[/INDENT] I know all of this is on the web, on this forum... but I would really love some stripped-down no-frills help. Thanx [/QUOTE]
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