Hard Drive Upgrade

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clue05

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hi everyone. i'm very new to MAC systems and i really need some help. I recently got a second generation IMAC G3 from a friend. it works perfectly but i'm starting to hear noises from the hard drive which mean there will be a failure soon. I've got a Maxtor 40GB Fireball that i'm trying to install. I se the jumper settings to the same as the original drive but when i start it up and pop in the OS X CD, there is no drive for me to select an installation destination. can anyone give me a few pointers? any help would be much appreciated.

-clue
 
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Ernie

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iMac HDD upgrade

clue05 said:
hi everyone. i'm very new to MAC systems and i really need some help. I recently got a second generation IMAC G3 from a friend. it works perfectly but i'm starting to hear noises from the hard drive which mean there will be a failure soon. I've got a Maxtor 40GB Fireball that i'm trying to install. I se the jumper settings to the same as the original drive but when i start it up and pop in the OS X CD, there is no drive for me to select an installation destination. can anyone give me a few pointers? any help would be much appreciated.

-clue
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I have up-graded my old iMac(Tray-loading) HDD without problem. You need to format the HDD first before install the OS X. Chose disk-aid in the utility.
 
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clue05

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Ernie said:
I have up-graded my old iMac(Tray-loading) HDD without problem. You need to format the HDD first before install the OS X. Chose disk-aid in the utility.
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thanks. i actually got OS X Panther and it picked up the drive without a problem. thanks again
 

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