[G4] Tips for Buying a new Hard Drive

[Mike Tweedie (MAC)]

A bit OT... another question (as I've not been following along so
closely)...

Does the OS still need to be on the first 8Gb partition? I remember this as
a requirement for OSX.... Or am I missing something?

I have a pair of new WD 120Gb 7200RPM drives I got from eBay, and want to
replace the drives in my Mac with them. This would require reinstalling the
OS, and I want to get it right the first time.

Any thoughts?

Thanks
Mike



On 4/30/04 3:50 AM, "John Baltutis" <baltwo at san.rr.com> wrote:

> On 04/29/04, Richard Kriss <kriss at qsl.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I have two Western Digital hard drives in my G4-450 AGP (20 and 40) and use
>> the 40 as backup drive using Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC).  The old Western
>> Digital drive is getting full and needs to be replaced.
>> 
>> What are some of the things I should look for  in shopping for a new drive
>> other than price?
>> 
>> The old 20 GB Western Digital (WDC WD205BA) has been great and I would like
>> the same drive with more storage.  The problem is there are so many
>> different drives on the market (even WD models) it is hard to pick one.
>> 
>> Yes, I know bigger is better but I really don't need the extra space.  The
>> smallest I would consider is a 40 but something like an 80 or 120 sounds
>> nice and they don't seem to be that much more expensive.