Or use CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) to achieve the same result. Mel
--- On Mon, 8/24/09, Robert Menes <viewtiful.icc...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Robert Menes <viewtiful.icc...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Installing new internal hard drive on G4 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 10:13 AM On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:40 PM, joan<jn...@q.com> wrote: > > We have a desk top G4 Quicksilver and want to intall a new 320 GB > Western digital hard drive. Does anyone know a site that will guide us > through the best way to do this? Is cloning the old hard drive onto it > the best? > Hi Joan, I used this site for information on my own PowerMac G4: http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/machine.php?name=powermac-g4-quicksilver If you're running OS X 10.4 on it, try using SuperDuper! to clone the current drive onto the new one, then make the switch. You can put the new drive into an enclosure before starting the upgrade. --Rob -- Nobody's ever lost in life...they're merely taking the scenic route. ============================== Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ============================== -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1.2 GCS/S/M/MU d- s+: a30 C++(+++) UL++++>$ P++ L+++ E+ W+ N+ o+ K++ w--- O- M !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP(+) t+ 5++ X++ R tv b+++ DI+++ D++(---) G++ e+ h- r++ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
