> -----Original Message----- > From: iMac List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Stephen Hammond > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:55 PM > To: iMac List > Subject: New hard drive for iMac > > > I have a snow 500-mHz slot-loading iMac from summer 2001 with an > incredibly whiny hard drive which I have finally gotten up the nerve to > replace myself <SNIP> > But the Maxtor box says "Drives > larger than 137GB require Mac-compatible ATA/133 PCI card (not > included, [of course])." A couple of other things I've seen in my > research seem to indicate that getting over 137 GB makes a big > difference for some reason. What's the reason? Would the Maxtor work > with the native controller, or should I just stick to the Seagate and > be happy with 120 GB (better than 20)? <SNIP> > Secondly, is putting the new drive in a Firewire enclosure (temporarily > to transfer), then removing it and putting it in the iMac, a safe way > to transfer my data? Enclosures cost more than I would have guessed, > but maybe it's worth it. > > Thanks, anybody. > > Steve Hammond > Steve, you are probably limited to 137Mb (128Mb formatted), rather than shelling out on a FireWire enclosure, I just built a dual data cable, and temporarily fitted both drives (with the new one set as slave) and used 'Carbon Copy Cloner' to copy the old drive to the new one, then I removed the old drive and set the new one back to master and put everything back together with the new drive. I can give you the details of how to build the dual cable if you want, or it is possible to crudely modify a standard PC IDE cable to fit. Ben. NB it is always useful to have a firewire enclosure, you can put the old drive in it afterwards.
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