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> On March 20th Eric J. Leopold wrote
>
> Keith the IBM 40 GB DeskStar is plug and play, no adapters. The jumpers
> are are preset so nothing to change. Just unplug the old drive and
> remember which way the power plug goes. Good luck.
> Eric
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> Thank you Eric for the advice. Couldn't find the drive you suggested
> but did have Western Digital recommended and found on that has the
> Mac logo on it. That is the brand that is inside the C500. This is 60
> Gigs and runs at 7200 rpm, Ultra ATA100. Internal EIDE. Cost just
> $99 Canadian after rebate. 40 GIG was over double the price, so this
> looked like a great buy.
>
> Backed up all the important data using 100 MB Zip disks. Replaced the
> hard drive - much easier than I had thought it would be and matched
> the pin configuration to the original 2 GiG drive. Inserted the
> OS9.2.1 disk and powered up, held down the c key, up came the OS9.2
> logo followed by a dialogue box telling me that this system would not
> run on my computer.
>
Keith,
Can you boot from a zip? If so:
duplicate your existing system folder (on 2GB Drive)
drag out all unnecessary stuff (to reduce the size to fit on the zip)
i.e: unneeded extensions/prefs/cache files etc...
KEEP YOUR CD DRIVER EXTENSION
drag small system folder copy to zip
powerdown and switch HDs
boot off of zip
insert OS CD of choice
and away you go :)
this has the advantage of saving all of your original data in its
pristine condition on your 2GB drive.
hth,
tom
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