[G4] Hard drive installation problem

[Harry Freeman]

Kenneth ( + )!( + )

Would you look in the System Profile * under ATA and SCSI and tell us 
the make and model of drives that are being reported?
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On Nov 23, 2007, at 5:19 PM, Kenneth Smith wrote:

> Thanks Ronald,
>
> My G4 was a build-to-order purchase with two 180 GB drives so that i 
> can do media projects.  After I installed the new 750 GB drive and 
> made it my system drive, I used Disk Utility to erase and format the 
> old 180 GB system drive, but saw no need to do anything to the other 
> one for which I only used to store media. Although I have already 
> erased and formatted the old system drive in the manner you suggest, 
> it has not changed the 28 GB limitation.  Can you think of anything 
> else I did or didn't do that would diminish the available disk space, 
> and anything else that I might try to restore the full disk space?
>
> Floy
>
> On Nov 23, 2007, at 3:07 PM, Ronald Steinke wrote:
>
>> On Nov 23, 2007, at 9:04 AM, Kenneth Smith wrote:
>>
>>> I would appreciate any information that will help me restore two 180 
>>> GB ATA drives to full capacity from the 28 GB "availabiile" that is 
>>> now reflected for each drive.  I installed a new  750 GB hard drive 
>>> in the front tray of my 1.42 GH mirrored door G4 and made it my 
>>> system drive.  Now the two 180 GB drives in the rear tray (one of 
>>> which was previously the system drive), show in "Get Info" that only 
>>> 28 GB are available in each of the drives.  Both 180 GB drives came 
>>> in the computer when it was new.
>>
>> First, no G4 listed in Mactracker ever came with a 180Gb drive 
>> installed from the factory.
>>
>> Second, no G4 was shipped with more than one drive installed unless 
>> it was a "BUILD TO ORDER" purchase.
>>
>> Third, use Disk Utility to erase and format the drives. That will  
>> restore the available capacity of the drive to the original "new" 
>> capacity. Of course, you WILL lose any data that is on the drive when 
>> you do this.
>>
>> Fourth, you should make sure that your drives do not have a bridge 
>> installed on the drive size limiter pins. That will limit the space 
>> available for use (according to the PC tech here in the office). I 
>> have never seen a size limiter bridge on a drive in a Mac chassis, so 
>> I can't verify the truth of his statement.
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