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<DIV>You could put it in a Firewire case, reformat and partition it, then take it out of the case and put it back into the computer. I "believe" Firewire will read any size drive you want to use.</DIV>
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<DIV>Nate</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Mark Sexton <marksexton@mac.com> <BR><BR>> I replaced a dying secondary drive in my G4 Gig Ethernet Dual 450 w/ <BR>> a Seagate 250 GB drive, hoping to install a fresh system of 10.4 on <BR>> one of possibly 3 partitions I was going to make. However, upon <BR>> reboot after the drive's installation, disk utility recognizes this <BR>> drive as only a 120 GB drive. I seem to remember some issue maybe <BR>> long ago w/ OS 9 recognizing larger drives, but not OS X. Could <BR>> someone shed some light as to how I get this mac to see the drive for <BR>> its true self in all its 250 GB glory. <BR>> <BR>> Currently the start up drive in the computer is using 10.4.9, and it <BR>> booted up great. Thanks for any help one can provide, and email me <BR>> directly if there is more info about my system that you
need. <BR>> <BR>> Mark <BR>> <BR>> PS Is one amount of partitions preferable over another. I only <BR>> decided 3 because that is what the current start up drive has, using <BR>> one for OS and apps, the second for music and movies, and the final <BR>> for digital photos. Should I consider more partitions for optimal <BR>> performance? <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> G4 mailing list <BR>> G4@listserver.themacintoshguy.com <BR>> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 <BR>> <BR>> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: <BR>> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>