Thanks for that info Andreas!!! I was planning on getting a new one... I also have another question can I keep the orig hard drive in there too (is there 2 plugs in the ribbon for them I didn't notice if there was)??? This way she can save stuff on that HD too... I don't know of any Prize Search Engs??? I use ask.com, google.com and yahoo.com and I come up with the same types of websites (ebay always comes up in everyone)... I bought 2 hard rives off someone from ebay for my clamshells and had very good luck with them and her, she had me return the first one with no questions and sent me a new one!!! It was my fault i didn't know it had to be formatted... I am planning on buying this one from her as soon as she gets back to me with the specs on the one for $79.95... I think HD's may be going bad is because of leaving the computer running all the time??? With my experience in knowing how things are made and the way they build them to fail after x-#'s of yrs, I wouldn't expect a HD to last that long but I am suprised that most of them do last that long??? After yrs of spinning and collecting dust and dirt any kind of bearing would ware out... The ones I replaced in my clamshells were not bad they were just too slow, so I cleaned them and sold them on ebay!!!
- >> Ok I found this hard drive on ebay for $75 with the shipping: 7200rpm >> 250GB Maxtor HARD DRIVE Apple Power Mac iMac G4|eMac... Is this a good >> drive for the money and can I split it into 2 125g partitions??? I have >> someone else sending me all the details for a simular one for $79.95... I >> will post that info when I get it... Thanks again everyone!!! > >Isn't there a prize search engine in the U.S. available? > >Here in Germany+Austria/Europe we have a nice search site called geizhals.at >(.de and .eu respectively). Searching for the cheapest 500 GB PATA drive: > Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB (HDP725050GLAT80) >for around 60-65 EUR – that would be around 80 to 85 USD at the current rate. > > >When it comes to hard disk drives I have some rules I always follow: >1) *always* buy it _new_ >2) buy it from a store where you will get a replacement if the drive should >fail (when it is returned RMA to the manufacturer) >3) HDDs _will fail_ after 5 to 10 years. NEVER BUY USED DRIVES! > >These are my rules, because I want to keep my files safe – and because of >recent personal experiences. >I had a couple of HDDs (IDE=PATA, 7 to 12 years old) which all failed one >after the other, some completely, others while I was reformating and >reinstalling a fresh Mac OS X. The failures ranged from sector read failures >(the least problem) to controller hardware failures to physical failures of >the drive itself (rare, but happend with one drive). This tells me that these >type of storage media only lasts 5 to 10 years and is very likely to fail >thereafter. From 10 disks (4 of my own) 9 failed, and only one is still >working. The one is 13 years old 30 GB original Apple from a G3 B&W and I have >a strange feeling every day because I expect it to fail anytime. This >surviving drive was used when I got it. (Exception to the rule, so it seems.) > > >On the other hand, a drive will fail within the first year or doesn't fail at >all within the already mentioned 5 to 10 years. > > > >My advice to you: why not buy a drive at a local computer store? (if the prize >is okay…) > > >And one other thing. For the partitions: make one, say 80 to 120 GB (I always >use 80 GB, has always been well enough for my applications) for the operating >system, and the rest for your individual files. That works well if you use the >Open Firmware patch to support LBA-48. And helps to keep things tidy. (who >wants to work with more than 2 paritions? seriously, who?) Just remember to >put all your files on the second partition (and not in your users folder!). > >http://4thcode.blogspot.com/2007/12/using-128-gib-or-larger-ata-hard- >drives.html > > > >Whish you good luck with your project. >Cheers, >Andreas aka Mac User #330250 > Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
