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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / May 2004External Hard Drive
I am looking at getting a Maxtor 250 gigabyte external hard drive fire wire and USB 2.0. I have a 1 ghz, Ti with superdrive, one of the last ones before the Ti was discontinued. boot ROM is 4.5.3f2 I really have 2 questions. 1. Will I be able to see the whole drive or will I hit a size recognition limitation. I've searched some of the mac-forums and came across a 128 gigabyte limitation but some people are saying that depends on the chip set on the external hard drive. If I do would I be able to reclaim it by partitioning it. 2. I would want to set it up as a bootable drive. Would it be better to install OS X on the external drive fresh or image my drive to it? I don't care about preferences because I would only be using it to get the laptop running in case of something catastrophic. Probably as a last chance to recover last minute files mostly. I'd be inclined to do a clean install to the computer if something really bad happened to the computer hard drive. I don't plan to ever actually use the thing. I am not planning to run any back up programs. Guess I am looking for someone who has this drive in the first case and general firewire drive advice in the second. I have another external drive but it is USB 2.0 80 gigabyte > I am looking at getting a Maxtor 250 gigabyte external hard drive fire > wire and USB 2.0. I have a 1 ghz, Ti with superdrive, one of the last [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > set on the external hard drive. If I do would I be able to reclaim it by > partitioning it. This does depend upon the chipset (usually firmware) of the external case. Partitioning the drive before installing it in the case would prevent the problem. > 2. I would want to set it up as a bootable drive. Would it be better to > install OS X on the external drive fresh or image my drive to it? I don't [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > drive. I don't plan to ever actually use the thing. I am not planning to > run any back up programs. Either way would get you a bootable drive. If you really don't care about your stuff, a clean install is likely to be easier to do. > Guess I am looking for someone who has this drive in the first case and > general firewire drive advice in the second. I have another external > drive but it is USB 2.0 80 gigabyte  SignatureLater, John johajohn@indianahoosiers.edu 'indiana' is a noun. Leave only the noun between @ and .edu to reply > I am looking at getting a Maxtor 250 gigabyte external hard drive fire > wire and USB 2.0. I have a 1 ghz, Ti with superdrive, one of the last > ones before the Ti was discontinued. Does that laptop have a USB 2.0 port? IIRC, even my 17" PB G4 does not have USB 2.0. If yours does not, I don't think you'll be getting maximum speed from the drive, as USB 2.0 is significantly faster than the older USB. Check your machine's specs. FireWire would be a better choice if you don't have USB 2.0, if your machine has FireWire. Signature-Thomas <http://www.bitjuggler.com/> > > I am looking at getting a Maxtor 250 gigabyte external hard drive fire > > wire and USB 2.0. I have a 1 ghz, Ti with superdrive, one of the last > > ones before the Ti was discontinued. > > the older USB. Check your machine's specs. FireWire would be a better > choice if you don't have USB 2.0, if your machine has FireWire. He _said_ firewire. Perhaps he wants to use it with a PC also. SignatureYour prison is walking through this world all alone. >>> I am looking at getting a Maxtor 250 gigabyte external hard drive fire >>> wire and USB 2.0. I have a 1 ghz, Ti with superdrive, one of the last [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > He _said_ firewire. Perhaps he wants to use it with a PC also. Exactly. >> I am looking at getting a Maxtor 250 gigabyte external hard drive fire >> wire and USB 2.0. I have a 1 ghz, Ti with superdrive, one of the last [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > the older USB. Check your machine's specs. FireWire would be a better > choice if you don't have USB 2.0, if your machine has FireWire. No, it has USB 1. The drive is firewire and USB. I do have a USB 2 80 gigabyte external drive. I run it with a USB 2 card in the slot and get close to a gigabyte every 3 minutes on a transfer to the external. But yes, this drive is going to be mainly used with firewire. > No, it has USB 1. The drive is firewire and USB. Ahh, sorry, didn't see the firewire part. I saw the USB 2.0 part and immediately responded. Signature-Thomas <http://www.bitjuggler.com/> I have a 250 Go LaCie external drive that I use on Firewire 400 and 800 machines. I even use it as the system disk on a Pismo (Powerbook G3 2000). I never thought there could be a problem, and there never was. I have never tried the USB connection on that drive. > I have a 250 Go LaCie external drive that I use on Firewire 400 and 800 > machines. I even use it as the system disk on a Pismo (Powerbook G3 > 2000). I never thought there could be a problem, and there never was. > > I have never tried the USB connection on that drive. Reading more I don't think it will be an issue buying an all in one drive. I haven't heard anything where a brand was named. So I think it is a case where people have bought internal drives and put them in cases that don't support them. Since its the chip set that really determines this I think its likely a chip set is going to support the drive that comes with it. >> I have a 250 Go LaCie external drive that I use on Firewire 400 and 800 >> machines. I even use it as the system disk on a Pismo (Powerbook G3 [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > this I think its likely a chip set is going to support the drive that > comes with it. Ended up getting a Western Digital 250 gigabyte. No problems |
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