[Don Pickett]

Can't seem to find a straightforward answer anywhere, so: can I take the SATA-1 drives in my G5 and stick 'em in a Mac Pro?

[mduell]

Of course, what would prevent you?

FYI "SATA-1" has no meaning.

[reader50]

Yes.

Don't expect it to be bootable without a new OS install. But it will be fine as a way to transfer your data across, and you can use it for anything else afterwards.

[Don Pickett]

Originally Posted by mduell 

Of course, what would prevent you?

FYI "SATA-1" has no meaning.

Maybe. But just about everyone says "SATA 1" and "SATA 2," so I don't care.

[Don Pickett]

Originally Posted by reader50 

Yes.

Don't expect it to be bootable without a new OS install. But it will be fine as a way to transfer your data across, and you can use it for anything else afterwards.

Awesome.

It isn't for the boot drive, as that will be the drive which comes with the machine. But I have two 500 GB drives, one in use, and one waiting to be installed, which I see no reason to waste.

[l008com]

Actually, I bought a set of nice shinny new SATAII hard drives. I put them in my G5 Xserve, and they were not working properly. Disks were coming and going randomly, it was a total mess. Then I looked around, found jumper settings, and set all 3 drives to run as SATA1, not SATAII. They instantly became rock solid reliable. But this was the opposite of what you're doing. And I've never had a SATA hard drive experience like that in my life, on any other machine, other than this G5 xserve.