[G4] harddrives and G4 dual 867 mdd

[OBrien]

On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:42:30 +0200, stefan moller wrote:
> 1. In my dual 867 mdd there is two hard drive trays, one mounted at 
> the inner wall of the computer and another one at the bottom below 
> the optical drives.
> 
> Is there any differences between these hard drive connections? Is 
> one of them a "main" tray or can I boot from anyone of them?
> 
> 2. I´ve got an hd (samsung250GB/7200rpm/8M/PATA) that´s been used 
> inside an external usb/firewire box. 
> Is it possible to use it as an internal hd?
> 
> This drive suddenly just died one day and wouldn´t mount .
> I´ve been wondering if it´s the power supply or the hard drive 
> itself that has failed. 
> Well I don´t know ..but mabe I could check it out and give it try 
> inside my mdd ?

It should be usable as an internal, assuming it has the correct port for plugging the internal cable into it.

AFAIK, it doesn't matter where the HD is physically located. You can select which HD you want to be the boot drive in Sys Prefs > Startup Drive.

You don't need to boot from the HD in question...just install it, and see if it pops onto the Desktop.


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