Re: iMac G3 hard drives

2009-12-14 Thread Elliott Price
Yeah. Any ATA drives are compatible, (I'm pretty sure, if not someone correct me) I've never had any trouble swapping drives around. (Between newer and older macs) -Elliott Price Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara Graphic Design - Artwork Setup Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites

Re: iMac G3 hard drives

2009-12-14 Thread Owen Strawn
Thanks Elliott! Owen - Original Message From: Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 4:54:03 PM Yeah. Any ATA drives are compatible, (I'm pretty sure, if not someone correct me) I've never had any trouble swapping drives around. (Between newer and

Re: iMac G3 hard drives

2009-12-14 Thread Kasey Smith
Yes, you can swap them, just make sure of the partitioning yada yada yada... (on the tray loader) On Dec 14, 2009, at 1:34 PM, owen wrote: Hi all, I have a tray load iMac (266mhz rev C) with an 40gb upgraded hard drive, and a slot load iMac (500mhz early 2001) with its original 20gb drive.

Re: iMac G3 hard drives

2009-12-14 Thread Owen Strawn
Thanks Kasey! I'm thinking about maybe putting the original 6gb drive back into the tray-loader, and the 20gb into an external enclosure. I don't really have any use for the 266 that the 500 won't accomplish better. Owen - Original Message From: Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com Sent:

Re: iMac G3 hard drives

2009-12-14 Thread Clark Martin
Elliott Price wrote: Yeah. Any ATA drives are compatible, (I'm pretty sure, if not someone correct me) I've never had any trouble swapping drives around. (Between newer and older macs) Almost. There is a problem with certain machine using, I think, ATA-5 drives. I believe the machines