The reason I would take it out is that with all of the new space you have, it would become redundant. That is unless you have a need for it, it would probably go unused. Also, if your current drive is slower than the new drive you will buy, then it could bring down the performance of the new drive. Your other bus already has a Zip and CD burner.
Lee may be correct on the large drive size issue. The G4 came with either a 10,13, 20, 27, 30, 40, 60, or 80 Ultra ATA according to the service manual. I would not think that it would be a problem though. _______________________________________ http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso Looks like you can go up to 120... Check the above link and scroll to the middle of the page and put in your exact system, that should help you out. _______________________________________ B.O' On Jan 6, 2004, at 10:26 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > 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>. > | 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>.
