[P1] iBook hardrives

[Malcolm Cornelius]

on 28/06/04 03:24, Joe Roberts at joereform at mac.com wrote:

> They are 2.5" ATA drives.  You can find them on eBay or places like
> www.macsales.com.
> 
> Which brings up another interesting question:
> 
> Back in the pre-OS X days, you could only format a hard drive with
> Apple's Drive Setup if the drive had Apple ROMs.  You had to use a
> third-party application to format one not made by Apple.  Is the same
> true under OS X with Disk Utility, or will it format any standard ATA
> drive?

Hasn't been for ages - certainly well before X - maybe 8.something ?

Any 2.5in drive will do

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Best wishes

Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic
http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk