system >> iMac DV - can it use large hard drives?
by TH O » Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:51:52 GMT
I recall that some of the older powerpc macs could not use all of the
available space on newer large capacity hard drives. Is an iMac DV one
of those computers and if so, how much of a new drive can they use?
Thanks.
system >> iMac DV - can it use large hard drives?
by J.J. O'Shea » Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:41:05 GMT
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:51:52 -0500, TH O wrote
(in article < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >):
iMac DVs can handle, at most, 128 GB internally. However, they have no limits
on the size of external USB or FireWire drives which may be attached.
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system >> iMac DV - can it use large hard drives?
by wildrover.andy » Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:22:43 GMT
Aye, I believe the first generation QuickSilver 733MHz (the one I have
here) is the last model with that limitation.
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system >> iMac DV - can it use large hard drives?
by paulfuchs » Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:36:58 GMT
My first generation teal iMac, I think it was 233MHz, could only access
4 GB on the system disk. I think I got around this by partitioning my
30 GB internal transplant into 4 GB and 26 GB and using alias to
communicate between them. But it is all vanishing in the mists of time.
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system >> iMac DV - can it use large hard drives?
by wildrover.andy » Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:07:26 GMT
No, these could use 128GB, but you had to have the OS on the first 8GB
of the disk, otherwise they wouldn't boot up. The slot loader was the
first to not have that limitation (I had one of those, which happily
runs still, with an 80GB drive in it)
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system >> iMac DV - can it use large hard drives?
by wildrover.andy » Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:30:04 GMT
system >> iMac DV - can it use large hard drives?
by TH O » Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:48:40 GMT
In article <1i7h4bd.ww315hpssc2gN% XXXX@XXXXX.COM >,
Ok, I'm trying to understand the replies. Am I accurate that my
slot-loading Imac DV will use up to 128GB disks? If I add a disk over
128GB will disk utility just format the first 128GB and allow me to use
the drive without any problems later on?
Thanks.
system >> iMac DV - can it use large hard drives?
by mikePOST » Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:53:41 GMT
system >> iMac DV - can it use large hard drives?
by TH O » Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:18:45 GMT
In article <1i7groh.vpgxio12xutceN% XXXX@XXXXX.COM >,
Thanks Mike and everyone who posted.
system >> iMac DV - can it use large hard drives?
by paulfuchs » Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:04:26 GMT
Yeah, Andy, it's all coming back to me now. The 4 GB was the size of
the original HD. But what I remember was when I put in the 30 GB, it
worked well for a few days and then started to get all sorts of system
errors. When I had cloned the system, it cloned to the original 8 GB,
but as the system updated itself, it would write outside the first 8 GB
and eventually crash. So I had to partition the drive to stop it from
doing that. Anyway, that's what I remember.
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