[Ham-Mac] External HD Recommendations

[Dave Markowitz]

On Apr 15, 2008, at 15:25 , Daniel Rostkoski wrote:

> Lon:  Go back to MacSales and others; Check out internal ATA - EIDE  
> (same) bare drives and ATA ( not SATA) to Firewire enclosures:  Do  
> not use a USB enclosure. they're not bootable.  Firewire only. Brew  
> your own external  bootable backup drive. 20 minute job. Set jumpers  
> to master.  Buy the proper Firewire cable - 400 or 800, depending on  
> your model iMac and enclosure. Total outlay will be close to ready- 
> made USB externals, but faster and bootable. All bare drives are pre- 
> formatted in Windows OS, therefore you must reformat  it to Mac OS  
> using disk format in utilities. Choose capacity at least the same as  
> your internal Mac drive. Re: Drive brands.  Quality varies brand-  
> to- brand  constantly. Lacie and Western Digital are not recommended  
> at this time. Seagate is average. Good, medium priced.  Hitachi is  
> premium quality and pricey. A few Maxtors are available, new old  
> stock, some refurbs. Seagate bought them out, I think.  Contact me  
> directly if you need more details.
>

Dan,

Intel Macs can boot from USB or Firewire drives.  PPC Macs can boot  
only from Firewire drives, not USB.

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