On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Thunder 1 <[email protected]> wrote: > It was suggested here that you put the new drive in a box and use it > as an external drive; I agree that would be a good approach. At the very > least, you could copy all your files to it and then delete the stuff that is > filling up the internal HDD. >
Aside from the (most likely) higher throughput you'd get from attaching the new drive via the internal PATA bus versus externally via Firewire (or USB if your eMac supports it), there is another consideration. Recent hard drives, even PATA drives, are much faster than the drives made at the time the eMac was built. The newer drives use higher bit density platters which means they can move more data for same physical distance the platter travels. Attaching the drive externally and cloning/copying the existing drive would be a good place to start. But if you can find a way to attach the drive internally then I think you're likely to notice the system will feel a tad "faster". Out of curiosity, what "new" 500 GB drive did you order from OWC to swap into the eMac? Which model/generation of eMac would you be working on? I see that the eMac's PATA controller range from ATA-66 up to ATA-100 depending on which one you have. www.everymac.com/systems/apple/emac/index-emac.html Also, for what it's worth here's yet another link to another description of how to replace the hard drive in an eMac. This one is from www.everymac.com. www.everymac.com/systems/apple/emac/faq/emac-replace-or-upgrade-hard-drive-expansion.html -irrational john -- 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
