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In a message dated 8/16/05 10:20:40 PM, markf@squareblue.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">That's just the difference between the built-in internal ATA drive<BR>
controller on your old G4 and the ATA-FireWire bridge in the FireWire<BR>
drive case. Almost all current FireWire cases support the ATA/133 spec<BR>
and can handle even the biggest hard drives available today, where the<BR>
ATA/66 controller in your old G4 could only handle drives up to 137 GB.<BR>
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You probably just need a better FireWire case. (and maybe not make the<BR>
subject line of the e-mail the first part of the post -- I just now<BR>
realized that)<BR>
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Or just use a second SATA (Serial ATA) drive in the second drive bay<BR>
(unless that's full already or you need the portability).<BR>
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Anyway...<BR>
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- Mark<BR>
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WOW, thanks much.<BR>
that was EXACTLY the problem, the old firewire enclosure was not capable of reading the full hard drive capacity, so I went out and bought a newer one.<BR>
REALLY APPRECIATE all the feedback I got on this newsgroup!<BR>
you guys RULE.<BR>
Alan</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT></HTML>