[G4] optical drive failure

[Philip J Robar]

On Jun 5, 2006, at 10:50 AM, Steve Goldstein wrote:

> At 4:14 PM +0000 6/5/06, dapper dan wrote:
>
>> good time to also swap out my hard drive for a bigger one?
>
> Sure, but even easier to add a new and bigger one to what you  
> already have.  Then, use CarbonCopyCloner to clone your existing HD  
> to the new one, and set the new one as the Startup Disk with System  
> Preferences.  Don't buy much more than 128 GB without getting a new  
> controller, though, because the stock HD controller just sees 127  
> (or 128?) GB.  But, for example, there ought to be good buys on  
> Samsumg 160 GB  ATA (IDE) HDs, so you could just install one of  
> these and forgo the extra space over 128 GB.  I heartily recommend  
> the Samsungs.  Quite, reliable, etc.

Dan didn't say which, presumably G4, he has so he may or may not be  
faced with this limit.


Phil
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