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Sub · Mar 17, 2007, 11:15 PM

Hi, I have a late 2006 PowerMac G5, is there a way to hook up one of my old IDE drives to the powermac? Like a special cable or hack anyone knows.

skacoreimplore · Mar 17, 2007, 11:53 PM

throw it in an external inclosure and use it as an external drive

reader50 · Mar 18, 2007, 02:32 AM

Yes, you can install a Parallel ATA drive in a G5. Or install two, if you replace the optical drive.

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Sub · Mar 18, 2007, 09:35 AM

Thanks!

Sub · Mar 18, 2007, 04:54 PM

Since I had 4 IDE drives full of data, and I only needed to access them all once, I took apart my lacie d2 enclosure, and just connected the cables to each drive to move that data, then re-connected it to the original Maxtor in the d2.

Thanks for your help.