iBook G3 Hard Drive Replacement

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This may be a really dumb question, but that's OK because I won't get an answer if I don't ask.

I have an iBook G3 laptop in which the HD stopped working about two years ago. I also have a POS HP DV6000 laptop in which the mother board died. Is it at all possible to transfer the HD from the HP to the iBook? I would just as soon toss both of the laptops into the trash than to put $400 into the iBook or $200 into the HP. If the drive will work, what sort of steps will I have to take in order to get it to be functional?

Thanks for your help.

Russ
 
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SunDevilRuss said:
This may be a really dumb question, but that's OK because I won't get an answer if I don't ask.

I have an iBook G3 laptop in which the HD stopped working about two years ago. I also have a POS HP DV6000 laptop in which the mother board died. Is it at all possible to transfer the HD from the HP to the iBook? I would just as soon toss both of the laptops into the trash than to put $400 into the iBook or $200 into the HP. If the drive will work, what sort of steps will I have to take in order to get it to be functional?

Thanks for your help.

Russ
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OK, interesting one.

Before you even start, you need to know if the HP HDD even compatible with the G3 machine, interface wise. I suspect not, because the HDD in that machine was SATA, as opposed to UATA.

But... fear not, because you can buy a brand new HDD from Powerbookmedic for your G3 for about $70... way less than $400 or $200 you're worried about.

You'll need your OS X system discs to rescue things either way.
 
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SunDevilRuss said:
I have an iBook G3 laptop in which the HD stopped working about two years ago. I also have a POS HP DV6000 laptop in which the mother board died. Is it at all possible to transfer the HD from the HP to the iBook?
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Your G3 iBook probably has an 2.5" IDE hard drive. If as "Zoolook" mentioned that the HP laptop you have has an SATA hard drive...then you can't swap them.

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