[Jernberg]

I'm expecting my new G5 any day now, and I'm wondering if this is possible:

When I sold my old G4, I unmounted my second hard drive and put it away. I intent to have all info on this drive transferred to the new G5.
Now, I read somewhere that a guy had connected an old ATA IDE drive to the ATA-port that the internal DVD-R writer in the G5 usually sits. (He unplugged the DVD-R temporarily and then plugged the old hard drive there). Then, I want to transfer all files to the original G5 drive, then put the DVD-R back.

Is this safe, in terms of data integrity and risk of corrupted files etc?

Any ideas?

/Jernberg

[CatOne]

Originally posted by Jernberg:
I'm expecting my new G5 any day now, and I'm wondering if this is possible:

When I sold my old G4, I unmounted my second hard drive and put it away. I intent to have all info on this drive transferred to the new G5.
Now, I read somewhere that a guy had connected an old ATA IDE drive to the ATA-port that the internal DVD-R writer in the G5 usually sits. (He unplugged the DVD-R temporarily and then plugged the old hard drive there). Then, I want to transfer all files to the original G5 drive, then put the DVD-R back.

Is this safe, in terms of data integrity and risk of corrupted files etc?

Any ideas?

/Jernberg

You can get an IDE to SATA converter for about $30. I'd use that before I'd try plugging the HD into the SuperDrive connector. Apple officially says this is unsupported.

Actually the best route IMO is to buy a 3.5" firewire case (maybe $90) and put your IDE drive in that and then you'll have an external firewire HD. You can get your stuff off there and then use it for backups.

[tooki]

Connecting the hard drive to the ATA connector should work fine. Just set it to master.

tooki