Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > Hi all, > > I don't use imacs, so I'm a bare bones newbie... > > My mom's hard drive died. I recovered her data by mounting her drive on > my Linux box (after discovering they use IDE; I thought they used SCSI). > > Next I bought a 7200rpm 80GB IDE drive and installed it. It appears to > have gone in correctly; I ended up with no orphan screws. ;-)
Pete, Just a shot in the dark: Is this HD a 80GB Western Digital IDE drive? If so to use this HD in a Mac (just like every other new WD HD in a Mac) you have to _remove_ every jumper to make it master. HTH, Marc * * -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
