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JoCo · 06-23-2009, 06:34 PM

We have been running an Apple G3 with a 6gb HD under OS 9.1 and found that it is out of space and doesn't have the ability to do what we want under OS 9 anymore. Our solution was to purchase an Apple G4 with a 160gb HD running OS X 10.4, Tiger.

The replacement computer doesn't come with a monitor so it will be difficult for us to have them both operating at the same time. We could possibly borrow the monitor off the WIN XP PC if that is possible.

Both the G3 and G4 have an ethernet adapter. Is there a way to simply move the data files?

What about program files? I don't know if we have all the installation disks for the programs.

We have an 8gb thumb drive that we could use to copy all the files including the OS then move them to the new computer, but what would happen with the programs originally installed under OS 9?

What would happen if we backed-up the entire 6gb to the thumb drive, then cleared and initialized the HD on the G4 computer and restored the old system onto the G4 computer. Once done we have the OS X 10.4 system on CD and could install it over the OS 9. Would we have to reinstall programs or would the installation of X take care of things for us?

Would the OS 9 be able to address the 160gb HD?

06-23-2009, 06:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
JoCo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 22 OS: XP sp2	How do I move programs and files to new computer We have been running an Apple G3 with a 6gb HD under OS 9.1 and found that it is out of space and doesn't have the ability to do what we want under OS 9 anymore. Our solution was to purchase an Apple G4 with a 160gb HD running OS X 10.4, Tiger. The replacement computer doesn't come with a monitor so it will be difficult for us to have them both operating at the same time. We could possibly borrow the monitor off the WIN XP PC if that is possible. Both the G3 and G4 have an ethernet adapter. Is there a way to simply move the data files? What about program files? I don't know if we have all the installation disks for the programs. We have an 8gb thumb drive that we could use to copy all the files including the OS then move them to the new computer, but what would happen with the programs originally installed under OS 9? What would happen if we backed-up the entire 6gb to the thumb drive, then cleared and initialized the HD on the G4 computer and restored the old system onto the G4 computer. Once done we have the OS X 10.4 system on CD and could install it over the OS 9. Would we have to reinstall programs or would the installation of X take care of things for us? Would the OS 9 be able to address the 160gb HD?