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G4 Hardrive connected to Intel or PPC iMac?
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<blockquote data-quote="hughvane" data-source="post: 1164338" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p>Cheaper and perhaps more convenient than an external enclosure is a USB adaptor, like this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HJ99DI/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Sabrent USB-DSC5 Serial ATA or IDE 2.5-/3.5-Inch to USB 2.0 Cable Converter Adapter with Power Supply: Electronics</a> or an equivalent from here <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_90?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sabrent+usb+2.0+to+ide+sata+cable+for+2.5-inch+3.5-inch+5.25-inch+drive+with+power+adapter&sprefix=sabrent+usb+2.0+to+ide+sata+cable+for+2.5-inch+3.5-inch+5.25-inch+drive+with+power+adapter&tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">Amazon.com: sabrent usb 2.0 to ide sata cable for 2.5-inch 3.5-inch 5.25-inch drive with power adapter</a>.</p><p></p><p>OWC <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/search/uda" target="_blank">Search Results for uda at MacSales.com</a> has a more expensive unit.</p><p></p><p>You say however that you want "to boot the hard drive in order to restore the backup database". That may be problematic using USB. in which case you may need to consider a <strong>firewire</strong> external enclosure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hughvane, post: 1164338, member: 56231"] Cheaper and perhaps more convenient than an external enclosure is a USB adaptor, like this [URL='http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HJ99DI/?tag=macforums0e4-20']Amazon.com: Sabrent USB-DSC5 Serial ATA or IDE 2.5-/3.5-Inch to USB 2.0 Cable Converter Adapter with Power Supply: Electronics[/url] or an equivalent from here [URL='http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_90?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sabrent+usb+2.0+to+ide+sata+cable+for+2.5-inch+3.5-inch+5.25-inch+drive+with+power+adapter&sprefix=sabrent+usb+2.0+to+ide+sata+cable+for+2.5-inch+3.5-inch+5.25-inch+drive+with+power+adapter&tag=macforums0e4-20']Amazon.com: sabrent usb 2.0 to ide sata cable for 2.5-inch 3.5-inch 5.25-inch drive with power adapter[/url]. OWC [url=http://eshop.macsales.com/search/uda]Search Results for uda at MacSales.com[/url] has a more expensive unit. You say however that you want "to boot the hard drive in order to restore the backup database". That may be problematic using USB. in which case you may need to consider a [B]firewire[/B] external enclosure. [/QUOTE]
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