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My sister has a tray loading iMac which will not power up. She is planning to replace it with a new G5 iMac and does not want to repair the old one.
To get her data off the old iMac I am proposing that she takes the old drive out and puts it in a Firewire external housing. After copying off the data I think that my sister should scrap the old iMac drive and install a 160Gb drive in the housing to use for backups.
QUESTION 1: Will the 3.5" ATA 66 drive from the iMac work in an ATA 100 Firewire external housing and are there any issues with DIP switches?
QUESTION 2: Prices of firewire housings vary greatly. Is there a big difference in quality across the range and is a housing with a power supply better than one powered from the bus?
I will be grateful for any other comments or advice.
Thank you
To get her data off the old iMac I am proposing that she takes the old drive out and puts it in a Firewire external housing. After copying off the data I think that my sister should scrap the old iMac drive and install a 160Gb drive in the housing to use for backups.
QUESTION 1: Will the 3.5" ATA 66 drive from the iMac work in an ATA 100 Firewire external housing and are there any issues with DIP switches?
QUESTION 2: Prices of firewire housings vary greatly. Is there a big difference in quality across the range and is a housing with a power supply better than one powered from the bus?
I will be grateful for any other comments or advice.
Thank you