My Reply follows quote. On 03/02/2005 15:36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Is it possible to remove an ATA drive from one Powermac and stick it into >another and have it work? Or must it be reformatted? Someting I read >somewhere along the line in the instructions to an ATA card warned that you >could not just hook up a drive to it without a backup and restore. > >Does that apply to the internal ATA bus in PCI PMs too? ------------- I suppose it depends on which Mac and which OS is installed on the drive.
I have moved drives from a 6300 to a 6360 to a 6500 with no problems. If you are talking about an ATA drive that was used with an ATA card in a PCI slot, that may be "a horse of a different color." The cards I am familiar with treat the drive as though it is a SCSI device and I expect the formatting is peculiar to the card. I wouldn't expect it to work to just move such a drive to a Mac without the same ATA card. Ken -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
