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Hard Drive Upgrade for G4 GE
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: St. Louis, MO
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Hello, I have a 20GB HD as my main disk in my mac. Can I just install a second disk as Slave, drag all the folders over to it, remove the original disk, set the new one to Master, and go from there? Or am I better off re-installing the OS fresh?
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: New York City
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You can do that if you are running OS 9 or older.
If you are running OS X, you will need to use something like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper to copy all your files to the new drive. After that, you can remove your old drive and set the new one to Master.
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Ah I see. I think I'll just back my important files to the PC then do a fresh install of OSX. Thanks for the info!
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Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Akron, OH
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You can use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper to make an exact clone of your drive.
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Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
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Gigabit Ethernet G4-400, 768 MB RAM, 60GB & 20GB HD, OSX 10.4.4
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Join Date: Mar 1999
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Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
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You 'da man. Thanks for the tips. 
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Join Date: Mar 1999
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You're most welcome. I take it everything worked out ok then?
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Originally Posted by Chito
You're most welcome. I take it everything worked out ok then?
I'm going to swap the HD's tonight so I'll let you know. In any event I appreciate you taking the time to try and help me out.
Looking at the Carbon Copy Cloner 2.3 program I think I'll send them the five bucks. Seems like a powerful program.
(Last edited by blues02; Jan 18, 2006 at 11:55 AM.
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Join Date: Mar 1999
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It's well worth the $5. Make sure you check the "make bootable" box before you clone your drive.
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Nice tip. Small things like that can lead to a ton of frustration.
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