Re: QS G4 replacing original factory hard drive.. How and Tips please.

2010-08-29 Thread Walter Sheluk
My QuickSilver G4 (933 MHz) original factory hard drive is showing signs of trouble. It's a 35 GB hard drive and i would like to replace it with at least an 120 GB hard drive. This QS has a second internal drive ( 120 GB hard drive ) plus an Apple zip drive. The internal CD/DVD optical

Re: QS G4 replacing original factory hard drive.. How and Tips please.

2010-08-29 Thread Fabian Fang
On Aug 28, 2010, at 4:15 PM, Walter Sheluk wrote: My QuickSilver G4 (933 MHz) original factory hard drive is showing signs of trouble. It's a 35 GB hard drive and i would like to replace it with at least an 120 GB hard drive. This QS has a second internal drive ( 120 GB hard drive ) plus

Re: QS G4 replacing original factory hard drive.. How and Tips please.

2010-08-29 Thread Walter Sheluk
Those road directions are certainly encouraging and give me some much need confidence for the DIY project. Now I have to find a place to buy the required internal hard drive and also need to find my sledge hammer and screw driver. Walter On 10-08-29 7:39 AM, Fabian Fang wrote: On Aug

Re: QS G4 replacing original factory hard drive.. How and Tips please.

2010-08-29 Thread Ashgrove
Walter, Try Newegg. They have great prices. AFAIK, your machine doesn't have the 128GB limit, so you can get an IDE drive as big as your budged will allow. A reasonable investment is getting a SATA PCI card so you can use SATA drives. They're cheaper and easier to get, and if/when the QS croaks,

Re: QS G4 replacing original factory hard drive.. How and Tips please.

2010-08-29 Thread Fabian Fang
On Aug 29, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Walter Sheluk wrote: Those road directions are certainly encouraging and give me some much need confidence for the DIY project. Now I have to find a place to buy the required internal hard drive and also need to find my sledge hammer and screw driver.