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IDE HD Upgrade G4 Dual 450 Questions
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<blockquote data-quote="klt" data-source="post: 672993" data-attributes="member: 53913"><p><strong>G4 Dual 450 Gigbit Ethernet HD Issue</strong></p><p></p><p>Thanks for the links for smaller HDs. But, I have to pay to ship this Mac to the other side of the country once it's happy and healthy. That will be fairly costly so I am hoping to save wherever I can in this process.</p><p> </p><p>Toward that end, I'm wondering if I can use the new 200 IDE HD I already have. I realize the Gigs beyond the approx 120 the Mac will recognize will be null and void, but does this matter? If this hard drive is treated as a 120GB hard drive, regardless of actual GBs, could I not just use it for the hard drive once I clone the original HD with SuperDuper, then make the swap?</p><p></p><p>Should this be an option, I am still not certain if there is some good reason to partition the overlarge HD so there will be a primary 120GB partition ready to be seen by the Mac, with the remaining GBs in an additional/expendable partition. Or, if I should forget the partitioning altogether and let the Mac see what it wants without any further interference from me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klt, post: 672993, member: 53913"] [b]G4 Dual 450 Gigbit Ethernet HD Issue[/b] Thanks for the links for smaller HDs. But, I have to pay to ship this Mac to the other side of the country once it's happy and healthy. That will be fairly costly so I am hoping to save wherever I can in this process. Toward that end, I'm wondering if I can use the new 200 IDE HD I already have. I realize the Gigs beyond the approx 120 the Mac will recognize will be null and void, but does this matter? If this hard drive is treated as a 120GB hard drive, regardless of actual GBs, could I not just use it for the hard drive once I clone the original HD with SuperDuper, then make the swap? Should this be an option, I am still not certain if there is some good reason to partition the overlarge HD so there will be a primary 120GB partition ready to be seen by the Mac, with the remaining GBs in an additional/expendable partition. Or, if I should forget the partitioning altogether and let the Mac see what it wants without any further interference from me. [/QUOTE]
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