On Dec 31, 2008, at 7:50 AM, MIKO.. wrote:
> I removed a dead drive from an eMac and it's thinner than most- width > and length standard for 3.5" but "depth thickness" is not. Will a > normal-thickness 3.5 inch drive fit back into that space where the > hard drive sits, and even if a thicker/normal 3.5 inch ATA/IDE drive > technically fits- will it overheat the eMac or pose other problems? > Is the 1.25 GHz G4 eMac drive IDE or EIDE? That shouldn't matter, though most drives I've run into lately are the 1" third-height variety. IDE and EIDE are the same thing, by the era of the eMac. > > > By the way is anyone as angry as me that Diskwarrior doesn't let you > try before you buy? DiskWarrior was useless on the eMac disk and we > had to spend $108 to find out that it was NOT going to work! At least > with DataRescue you get to find out if the program is actually going > to recover any data or not before paying the $100! Nope, because it WILL save your butt (or more precisely, your client's butt) sooner or later. The day (at 3PM) it saved a $5Million grant application due at 5PM made all my money back and then some :-) Updates are free, and it's a damned useful tool for the toolbox. -- Bruce Johnson "No matter where you go, there you are", B. Banzai --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
