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Looking for Mac OS 9 compatible external Hard Drive for Blue and White G3
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I just bought an iMac and I need to save all my files from my Blue and White G3. The problem is that most of the latest external hard drives are only compatible for MAC OSX and up, and I'm running MAC OS 9.2.2. Does anyone know / can anyone suggest a reasonable external hard drive for my ancient G3?
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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I think you should just be able to get an external enclosure and stick any internal hard drive in it. I think most anything should work with OS 9 as long as you format it with the OS 9 drivers, unless OS 9 has some kind of built-in size limitation on hard drives (anyone want to chime in on this?).
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Stay classy San Diego
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instead of investing in a new hard drive, I'd suggest removing the hard drive from your old G3, sticking it in a USB or firewire enclosure, and attaching that to your new iMac. It would be super easy to copy your files over that way. Alternatively, you can probably file-share over ethernet between the two computers, or you could just archive all your files from the B&W G3 if it's equipped with a burner.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Blue & White's have Firewire, as does your new iMac, so no need to get any external solution. Just take a Firewire cable and connect the two Macs. Boot the B&W into Target Disk Mode (all of this is documented on Apple's Support pages), and your B&W will show up as an external HD to your iMac. Or, once connected, you can just let Migration Assistant work it's magic and bring all of your files over to the iMac for you.
On a side note, any HD will be cross-compatible for OS 9 and OS X. You only need OS 9 drivers if you want to boot off the drive.
The size limitation mentioned shouldn't really affect anything here. The reference is to the fact that B&Ws (and a lot of hardware from that era), couldn't address more than 128 gigs (I think that's the number), so if you had a 160gb HD, you'd only see 128 on the B&W. Like I said, it shouldn't be an issue here, since you're not putting a new HD in the B&W.
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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did B+Ws have Target Disk Mode? I know the one I had didn't....
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yup... unfortunately the B&W G3's didnt have target disk mode.
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Wow, my mistake. We used to have a B&W, and I would have sworn I put it in target disk mode at one time or another. I have an ancient G3 500 iMac that has it, so I assumed the "pro" model from that time frame would too.
Edit: Just a thought, do the new iMacs have Target Disk Mode? Because if they did, could he boot the iMac into TDM, and have it show up on the B&W? Then he could move the files from the B&W to the iMac. I'm hesitant to believe the only way to transfer the files is by buying an external drive.
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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unless the B+W has 10.4 installed it wouldn't be able to read the GUID partitioned drive in the iMac.
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