If I get a new drive I'm going to install everything fresh. But I gather I shouldn't try to keep the old drive too? Why?
Thanks. Harry Tuesday, January 6, 20049:44 PMBrian O'Nealbrimac at mac.com >ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) is the official name thatAmerican >National Standards Institute group X3T10 uses for what the computer >industry calls Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE). > > > >I dont know what the physical dimensions of the drives are but go to >your favorite electronics store (online or in-town) and buy a large >capacity IDE drive. You can get them up to 250GB. I recommend either >Western Digital or Maxtor. Get a 7200 rpm or better(I dont think they >make a 10,000 rpm IDE drive). Get Carbon Copy Cloner, and clone your >drive to the new one. If I remember correctly, you have an external >drive (that is down temporarily) that you could or are using for back >up. Take the 20 gig out of the system. > The IDE drives are all the same size and will fit in place of the old >drive. > The 250 capacity should survive or quite possibly even surpass the >drive you would get with a new computer when you decide to upgrade, >given the longer useful life span of the typical Mac. > >Brian ONeal > >P.S throw out that Zip and get a flash drive. They are great! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Jan 6, 2004, at 9:14 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >> I have a 400 MHz PowerMac G4 (version=2.9) and 704mb of ram. >> >> The machine has a 20gb ATA drive and a zip 200 and a cd/dvd drive. >> >> I want to get a second internal drive one with much greater capacity. I >> want to make this new drive the primary startup drive. >> >> The manual which came with my G4 says I can use ATA devices including >> ATA, ATA-2, and ATA-3 devices; ultra ATA devices and a variety of SCSI >> devices. >> >> Whichever drive I get must meet these specs: >> >> 3.9" wide >> 5.7" deep >> 1.0" high (ATA); 1.6" (SCSI) >> >> I assume I don't want a scsi drive but which kind of ATA drive do I >> need? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Harry >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> >ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) is the official name thatAmerican >National Standards Institute group X3T10 uses for what the computer >industry calls Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE). > > > >I dont know what the physical dimensions of the drives are but go to your >favorite electronics store (online or in-town) and buy a large capacity >IDE drive. You can get them up to 250GB. I recommend either Western >Digital or Maxtor. Get a 7200 rpm or better(I dont think they make a >10,000 rpm IDE drive). Get Carbon Copy Cloner, and clone your drive to >the new one. If I remember correctly, you have an external drive (that is >down temporarily) that you could or are using for back up. Take the 20 >gig out of the system. > The IDE drives are all the same size and will fit in place of the old drive. > The 250 capacity should survive or quite possibly even surpass the drive >you would get with a new computer when you decide to upgrade, given the >longer useful life span of the typical Mac. > >Brian ONeal > >P.S throw out that Zip and get a flash drive. They are great! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Jan 6, 2004, at 9:14 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >I have a 400 MHz PowerMac G4 (version=2.9) and 704mb of ram. > >The machine has a 20gb ATA drive and a zip 200 and a cd/dvd drive. > >I want to get a second internal drive one with much greater capacity. I >want to make this new drive the primary startup drive. > >The manual which came with my G4 says I can use ATA devices including >ATA, ATA-2, and ATA-3 devices; ultra ATA devices and a variety of SCSI >devices. > >Whichever drive I get must meet these specs: > >3.9" wide >5.7" deep >1.0" high (ATA); 1.6" (SCSI) > >I assume I don't want a scsi drive but which kind of ATA drive do I need? > >Thanks. > >Harry > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
