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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 1112874" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>Just noting the OP said the drive is a SATA 2.5". Not IDE (ATA) so internal is not possible. I was not aware any EMac has SATA or PCI Slots for a SATA card.</p><p></p><p>Get an external Firewire 400 enclosure. Be sure it accepts a 2.5" drive. Put in the drive and plug it into the Firewire port on EMac. You can use USB in a pinch but it will be slower than Firewire and not boot if you need it to do that. For just storage though it will be fine either way but Firewire is much faster.</p><p></p><p>Also I am not sure that Emac is USB 2.0. Not checked in ages.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: A note on the USB. The older 1Ghz Emac 2003 is USB 1.1 and would be painfully slow with external drive. The 2004 1Ghz is USB 2.0.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.lowendmac.com/imacs/emac-2004-1.25-ghz.html" target="_blank">http://www.lowendmac.com/imacs/emac-2004-1.25-ghz.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Also another note, the Emacs especially the 1Ghz one for sure do not have the 128GB IDE Limit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 1112874, member: 8287"] Just noting the OP said the drive is a SATA 2.5". Not IDE (ATA) so internal is not possible. I was not aware any EMac has SATA or PCI Slots for a SATA card. Get an external Firewire 400 enclosure. Be sure it accepts a 2.5" drive. Put in the drive and plug it into the Firewire port on EMac. You can use USB in a pinch but it will be slower than Firewire and not boot if you need it to do that. For just storage though it will be fine either way but Firewire is much faster. Also I am not sure that Emac is USB 2.0. Not checked in ages. EDIT: A note on the USB. The older 1Ghz Emac 2003 is USB 1.1 and would be painfully slow with external drive. The 2004 1Ghz is USB 2.0. [url]http://www.lowendmac.com/imacs/emac-2004-1.25-ghz.html[/url] Also another note, the Emacs especially the 1Ghz one for sure do not have the 128GB IDE Limit. [/QUOTE]
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