Chrys Cruz wrote: > Hi all, hope this isn't too off-topic; if so, by all means kill the > thread, accept my apologies, then beat me with a stick. > > My G4/DA currently has a 40gig Western Digital HDD, but I just found a > great deal on the 80gig with 8MB cache. I'd like to switch it out to > the latter, and transfer the OS and all data. My plan is to use the > current 40gig HDD in an AMD/ WinXP system that I'm building, but I'm > concerned that I may encounter problems since the drive is currently > formatted in HFS+, and I have zero experience formatting a drive for > PC.
No problem, just stick it in your PC, than depending on which OS you have, WIN98 or XP, if you boot from the WIN98 floppy you can FDISK it (format and/or partition), if you boot from the WINXP CD there's an option in the installer to format and/or partition the drive. I have a brief file at home which explains step by step how to FDISK. I recently had to use this when I built an AMD/ WINXP PC and installed a WD 120GB 8MB cache. I partitioned it into 10GB WIN98SE and 100GB for WINXP with FDISK, works perfectly. Marc * * -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
