| Need Larger Internal HDD for G5 1.8 X 2 [message #295687] |
Thu, 16 July 2015 07:34  |
P.M. Stefan
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Hi,
I've got a G5 1.8 DP PCI-X computer which needs are larger internal HDD.
Currently, it has the original 160 GB HDD | 5400RPM, that's 2/3rd full, and
a boot drive, 60 GB | 7200 RPM which isn't used for files only for booting
the computer.
I thought of replacing the original HDD with this internal HDD from WD:
Western Digital
1.0 TB Blue HDD
3.5-Inch
SATA 6.0Gb/s backwards compatible to 1.5Gb/s
7200RPM
64MB Cache
Will that work?
Thanks.
RosaKiana Rossi
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| Re: Need Larger Internal HDD for G5 1.8 X 2 [message #295704 is a reply to message #295687] |
Thu, 16 July 2015 11:48  |
Bruce Johnson
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> On Jul 16, 2015, at 4:34 AM, P.M. Stefan <p.m.stefan@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
> I've got a G5 1.8 DP PCI-X computer which needs are larger internal HDD.
>
> Currently, it has the original 160 GB HDD | 5400RPM, that's 2/3rd full, and a boot drive, 60 GB | 7200 RPM which isn't used for files only for booting the computer.
>
> I thought of replacing the original HDD with this internal HDD from WD:
> Western Digital
> 1.0 TB Blue HDD
> 3.5-Inch
> SATA 6.0Gb/s backwards compatible to 1.5Gb/s
> 7200RPM
> 64MB Cache
Yes it will work. You will probably have to re-partition it as it will likely either come completely unformatted, or formatted as NTFS.
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| Re: Need Larger Internal HDD for G5 1.8 X 2 [message #295743 is a reply to message #295704] |
Thu, 16 July 2015 22:06 |
P.M. Stefan
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Thank you both.
The drive comes unformatted so those are great suggestions from both of you.
RosaKiana
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Bruce Johnson <johnson@pharmacy.arizona.edu
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>> On Jul 16, 2015, at 4:34 AM, P.M. Stefan <p.m.stefan@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> I've got a G5 1.8 DP PCI-X computer which needs are larger internal HDD.
>>
>> Currently, it has the original 160 GB HDD | 5400RPM, that's 2/3rd full,
> and a boot drive, 60 GB | 7200 RPM which isn't used for files only for
> booting the computer.
>>
>> I thought of replacing the original HDD with this internal HDD from WD:
>> Western Digital
>> 1.0 TB Blue HDD
>> 3.5-Inch
>> SATA 6.0Gb/s backwards compatible to 1.5Gb/s
>> 7200RPM
>> 64MB Cache
>
> Yes it will work. You will probably have to re-partition it as it will
> likely either come completely unformatted, or formatted as NTFS.
>
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| Re: Need Larger Internal HDD for G5 1.8 X 2 [message #295747 is a reply to message #295743] |
Fri, 17 July 2015 01:01 |
peterhaas
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> The drive comes unformatted so those are great suggestions from both of
> you.
Even SSDs come unformated.
During the device "role call", unformatted drives are so marked, and one
of the first actions when the system reaches the Desktop is to invoke Disk
Utility and ask you to initialize or ignore those drives.
If the drive has been previously formatted with a "foreign" system, Linux,
for example, you should ignore the message.
If the drive has not been previously formatted, as in the case of nearly
every brand-new device, you should probably reply format.
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