Can I install DVD burner - Pioneer DVR-117F/BK - in my Mac G4?

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Can anyone please tell me if this is easy to do and either explain or send me a link on how to do this? I've got a silver front G4 tower. I'm not sure whether it is SATA or ATA. There is room to put a drive in there.

I think my formac enclosure has had it, but I need to backup all my photos asap and I'm at my wits end with trying to sort this out! :Grimmace:

Many thanks.
JL
 
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This might seem a silly question....

...but will my Pioneers DVR-117F work as a CD Rom drive as well as a DVD burner?
 

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I searched and found the Pioneer DVR-117F and the specs I saw said EIDE which is IDE (ATA) and will work in your G4 Tower. It should work fine as a CDROM drive also. Pioneer CD/DVD drives work well with OSX in every case I have ran into.
 
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In brief DVD burners will also work with the CD format, both reading and burning. For what it is worth IMHO Pioneer are the only was to go.
 

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