The C500 can take many, if not all, of currently available PC IDE or EIDE (ATA?) HDs on the market today. You just don't take advantage of much of the speed increase. You'll have to go tooling around the cramped C500 case, remove the IDE connector and power leads from the old drive, lift it out, and reverse the process to get the new drive in. You'll have to have a bootable MacOS CD-ROM on hand, so that you can initialize and format the new drive. To make life simpler, you'll probably want to backup your old HD before undertaking the HD replacement, so that you can reinstall all your old programs and files.
Sorry if I'm rambling, I think I've had too much coffee this morning. ;-) Ramil on 10/19/02 10:38 AM, Bill Spencer wrote: > Hi there: Someone mentioned here recently that they had replaced their HD > with a longer-lived and roomier one. I have a C500 with the original 1.3g > HD. How do you do this? -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
