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How do I replace hard drive in G5?
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I want to clone my current drive to a new larger capacity drive. Is there a way I can do this such that the new drive will boot up the computer and everything will be the same with all my files etc.?
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superduper or carbon copy cloner both on versiontracker.com
works great.
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and then change the drive selection in the start-up disk preference pane and restart.
just do it
u know u wanna
just like everyone else 
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Personally I find it hilarious that you have the hots for my gramma. Especially seeins how she is 3x your age, and makes your Brittney-Spears-wannabe 30-something wife look like a rag doll who went thru WWIII with a burning stick of dynamite up her a** :)
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agreed. all the cool kids do this.
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so are these the steps that i do?
-set new hard drive to slave and install it in 2nd drive bay.
-run carbon copy cloner to clone 1st hard drive to new hard drive
-set my startup drive to new hard drive
-remove 1st hard drive
-set new hard drive to master
-install new hard drive in main hard drive bay
-restart and everything should be the same but with more storage?
anything i forgot?
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bingo. you got everything i think.
FYI, super duper has a smart update which means the next time you clone from one driv4e to another it will only need to copy those files that have changed. makes for a quick and efficient backup.
best of luck.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Originally Posted by mediahound
so are these the steps that i do?
-set new hard drive to slave and install it in 2nd drive bay.
There are no master/slave settings with SATA.
You may wish to take a look at the Power Mac Hard Drive Upgrade DIY PDF. It's a really simple procedure, however - you really can't go wrong. If your hard drive happens to not be recognized when you restart, you most likely didn't put the cable in securely.
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You're welcome
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since i added my 2nd hard drive in my G5 today, i just wanted to add (for anyone doing a search) that the G5 comes with 4 black screws with rubber heads that are placed near the hard disk bays. you are supposed to use these for the 2nd hard disk.
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Big Mac nailed it... no slave and master BS with SATA.
Also, seriously consider registering SuperDuper. Unregistered it will do a full, bootable backup for you but the smart update only comes with registration. I've used nearly every backup software out there and SD is the epitome of great Mac software. Plus there's a new version coming out soon that will include more "high end" features like scheduling and so forth.
Nope... no affiliation other than being a very happy customer who is now religious about backing up after losing tons of data a few years ago.
Remember... BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP!
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Since Disk Utility gained the ability to make exact copies or clones of drives with the Restore function, I prefer to use it since it's free, supports checksums and is Apple supported, not to mention Carbon Copy Cloner was not always reliable for me. I'm pretty sure Disk Utility is faster than CCC too. Never tried Super Duper though.
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