Bill, If you are concerned about the recognition issue, you can cover your bases simply by installing the drive as before but first boot to a Mac OS CD. Then you can reinstall the OS onto the drive while in the new computer. Or if you have another drive already installed in the G3, you can boot from that and still do the OS reinstall from CD.
Make sure NOT to select Clean Install or you will wipe all your data. Also it would be a good thing to Update the Disk Drivers on the transferred drive. Of course like with any major change, it would be good to backup your data first. After you have reinstalled the OS, don't forget to Bless your system if you are using OS9.# or earlier. That is, drag the System File of the new drive to the desktop and then back into the System Folder. Then you can reboot to the new drive in your Startup Control Panel. Then on the reboot, I would suggest rebuilding the desktop if in OS9.# or earlier. I think you will be OK with the present partitions, just make sure you do the OS reinstall on whichever partitions presently have an OS. I think this should cover your bases. If anybody else has anything to add or correct, please chime in. Dave > Hi, me again. I am getting confused here about possibly moving the 20g HD > from the C500 to the B&W G3. A friend locally told me the other day that > this is not a good idea, because the G3 may well get confused and not figure > out the status of the new HD. He said something about CPU recognition, that > I will mess things up if I just move it rather than installing everything I > want on the current HD in the G# (12g, partitioned in thirds; I understand > the idea of partitioning but know absolutely nothing about how it works or > how to do it). > > My plan had been to move the HD so as not to have to re-install all the apps > and copy all the data. Is that short-cut one I should avoid, meaning I > should in fact re-install and copy everything? I did not follow everything > my friend was saying so am turning to you-uns as my usual source of good > reliable information explained (most of the time) in a way that even I can > get. > > Bill Spencer > -- 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:[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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
