Re: Installing New HDD in my G5

2013-12-20 Thread NODEraser
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > > I'm not sure if it's been mentioned but I think the problem here could be > that to transfer the 250 to the 500 you need to be booted from the 40Gb drive > in order to make the copy. This means you need three drives mounted at once > whi

Re: Installing New HDD in my G5

2013-12-20 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 20, 2013, at 1:05 PM, NODEraser wrote: > On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Evan Thomas wrote: >> >> Currently I'm running a 40GB system disc and 250GB for video projects. I'd >> like to use the 250GB as the system disc and start using the new 500GB for >> the video projects. What's the b

Re: Installing New HDD in my G5

2013-12-20 Thread peterhaas
> 250 GB -> 500 GB > 40 GB -> 250 GB That works. Alas, there exists a self-imposed 2.2 TB (2,200 GB) barrier, in SOME cases. This ... usually ... turns out to be a BIOS incompatibility/limitation. Presently, I always use 1 TB drive for my OS drives, generally configured as 1/3 primary OS, 1/3

Re: Installing New HDD in my G5

2013-12-20 Thread NODEraser
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Evan Thomas wrote: > > Currently I'm running a 40GB system disc and 250GB for video projects. I'd > like to use the 250GB as the system disc and start using the new 500GB for > the video projects. What's the best solution? > 250 GB -> 500 GB 40 GB -> 250 GB Alt

Re: Installing New HDD in my G5

2013-12-20 Thread Geke
Hello! > > I'm trying to wrap my head around the best way to install the 500GB SATA > drive I have bought for storing video files. > > Currently I'm running a 40GB system disc and 250GB for video projects. I'd > like to use the 250GB as the system disc and start using the new 500GB for > the vi