On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:28:08 -0400, Luke Rademacher wrote: > My best idea for you with a 500GB HD that has Data on it now... > > get an updated PCI ATA controller card and put it in your G4 machine...... Or, if the large external drives *can* be read by that Mac, as has been stated previously, buy an external Firewire enclosure and install it in that. A good source is www.newegg.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O'Brien