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    IMac G3 Hard drive upgrade problem - it doesn't see my new 120GB drive - any idea why

    Many thanks Bob, I've downloaded the firmware update as you suggested for this model and I'll see if that makes a difference. Many thanks, Phil
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    IMac G3 Hard drive upgrade problem - it doesn't see my new 120GB drive - any idea why

    Excellent, I'll partition the drive then into 80GB and 40GB partitions. Odd though as I was sure this IMac was supposed to recognise 120GB in one partition - oh well.... I'll re-post once I've done what you suggested, just to let you know it has all worked. Many thanks! Phil
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    IMac G3 Hard drive upgrade problem - it doesn't see my new 120GB drive - any idea why

    Hi Satcomer, Many thanks for your reply. To give you a bit more info the OS on the Mac is OS 9, and like you said, I was expecting that by using Transmac I could just copy the system and files across to the new drive and it would all work OK. By the way when I formatted the drive I used the...
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    IMac G3 Hard drive upgrade problem - it doesn't see my new 120GB drive - any idea why

    Hi, Firstly I am a laptop repair engineer with many years of PC/Windows experience, but sadly none using Macs - until now! My problem is this: A friend of mine has an Imac G3 blue 350mhz machine and the original hard drive is now full up. He has asked me to put a new hard drive in...
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