Migrating data from secondary drive
Hello,
I am attempting to migrate files from my G4 450 running 10.3.9 to a brand new iMac running Leopard. I have no problem migrating the bulk of user accounts and applications. But the majority of my video files, photos, music and other files are on a second 250 GB drive that I installed on the G4.
I cannot get the secondary drive to mount on the iMac. When I connect them over Firewire and restart the G4 holding down the T the primary (30 GB) drive mounts just fine but not the secondary. I tried networking the Macs but as I have about 95 GB worth of files to migrate it will take days to migrate at Ethernet speeds.
Any advice is welcome.
Hi, I already put a question onto the "Mac OSX v10.5 Leopard>Installation & Setup" area, but your reply seems to fit the bill for me. The only problem is that I do not yet have the iMac and I do not understand some of your answer. What is 'T Mode'? Is there a 'proper (or best)' way to transfer the data and settings? Is there a role for the '.MacSync' process in all of this? Do I need to use 'Target Disk Mode' and,if so, how?
My original question is: "I am about to buy a new iMac with OSX 10.5 Leopard and would like to know the best way to transfer all of my data and settings from my G4 (with OSX10.4.10) to the new iMac without transferring all of the 'clutter' that has undoubtedly built up on my current internal hard drive and external hard drive (latter contains my iTunes and iPhoto libraries) over the last 10 years. I am aware that I can use 'Target Disk Mode' to connect both computers (described in David Pogue's excellent 'Missing Manual'), and that I can synchronise some information using '.MacSync'. I would be grateful for advice on the best procedure to complete the job quickly and efficiently so that I can then dispose of my current machine."
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) ON [PRIMARY]
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-- DDL for Table SPSSCMOR_CONTROLTABLE
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