need to delete files to make space

[speedymac]

Hi I have been putting files onto external hard drive. I want to delete files on internal hd. (I only have mbs left on internal hd.) I'm afraid to delete from internal. I'm worried that somehow, for some reason, I will loose my precious files. Any suggestions?
TY

[Carm]

Backup to DVD-RAM or DVD-R/+R
OR just buy another drive. 200GB Maxtor @ Staples for 40 after Easy Rebates starting Sunday

Carm

[speedymac]

Burner not working right.
I have 160gb external hd. My mac gives me the start up disk almost full message. Is my mac supposed to recognise external drive as available space?

[wowzer]

Ummm...does your external drive show up on the desktop? If so, then your mac should show the available space on that drive.

The MacOS will not include the external and internal drives into a large cluster of drives...some variants of unix will do this, but not OSX.

[WHiiP]

At least you are thinking about backing up . . . that's good. IF your files are really valuable (to you) then you should have at least two separate back-ups.

Burners are cheap to buy now as well. Get one or fix yours. Otherwise, you will pay the pauper . . . just a matter of WHEN not, IF.

o cheers

[jdc]

buy a new burner?

internal 16X DVD/DL/RW are $40ish -- try newegg

[Jimmypoo]

Better do it soon....

Once your virtual memory goes to hell, even DiskWarrior may not be able to fix your directory.

I've had Jaguar as low as 300mb on the Pismo, but that was because the drive was only 5.5GB formatted, and I had a massive download taking place.

I got lucky.

Others here, without the drive space issues, have run into overlapping files, that is a nightmare - and IF you can fix it, can take 7 days of running, non-stop, to do so.

[speedymac]

TY all soo much.....
Yes external shows on desktop.
Hers whats kickin me, I've copied approx. 20 gigs to external, and I want to delete those files from internal but how do I know if the copied files are complete?
Your saying burners are cheap? Will Apple store intall it for me (if I purchase there)?
Thanks again

[chas_m]

You are PLAYING WITH FIRE having so little free space on your boot drive.

Either MOVE all the non-system, non-app CRAP you have on that drive OFF, or be prepared to see a service tech REAL SOON.

Your choice.

[karsen]

It's possible your burner is not working right because there is no free space on your HD. Your burner needs space to put scratch files on your HD before it can burn.