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Upgrading a 6100/60...
But mostly its a compatibility thing. I find that the ZIP utility on a Mac doesn't always result in a reliable archive that a PC can unpack, and I also find that OTOH, OSX won't install (but it will run on it if you can get past the installation roadblock by installing OSX on an external HD from a G3 or G4,

external HD mounting troubles
I recently bought a SyQuest Cartridge HD --- intenting to connect The SyQ to my external HD and then connect my SCSI sampler to the SyQ. My sampler is a Peavey SXII/SP **I've read that SCSI II uses "active" termination while SCSI I uses passive termination and that there could be compatability problems.

External HD
I have just purchased a Belkin USB peripheral switch which allows two pc's to access a sinlge external usb device such as a printer, external hard drive Software loaded fine onto both PCs and the external HD is recognised on the XP machine. When I click open the Belkin icon to switch the USB device to the Vista

Info-Mac Digest V10 #41
1 to load only this Panasonic USB driver plus the Motto Hairu USB Driver mentioned in the article to get DOS to assign the External HD a drive letter. When I booted on the modified floppy, the external drive was recognized and Ghost was loaded and allowed me to image my SBS 2000 drive (a Fujitsu 4.5 GB SCSI,

External HD samsung SP0822n not showing as unit on xp
Although I followed the instructions, did the compatibility check and expected to lose some older applications and utilities, in the conversion I also lost my I've decided to reformat my internal drive and install XP clean, but would like to find the email history and address books to copy to my external HD.

Any tips for a new HD for a G3 B&W
I am looking for a small external hard drive to add to my Mac SE/30. If anyone is upgrading to a larger HD and is trying to sell off a small drive (20 MB .... I too had noticed that problem in Excel 3.0, and put it down simply as another example of MicroSoft's acclaimed compatibility of existing software with new

Kerry wins Iowa
I want to make and store an occassional image to a small portable external hd. Ghost doesnt play well with win xp ntfs so i would prefer using drive image. I prefer CD-R's for their compatibility with any CD drive, and for accessing data from them when I travel (from my own computer, or from any 3rd party

floppy compatibility problem
Resilience of any external hard drive is a tricky issue. They are somewhat fragile so need to be treated with care. I see some HDs are just called external and USB 2.0 is the best choice for maximum compatibility, if performance isn't quite as important. USB can supply power for 2.5" external hard drives,

Question on Western Digital External Hard drive
On the up side, you'll have an external drive enclosure you can play with (perhaps creating an external HD drive, which would make more sense if the game compatability thing turns out to be true). I'd much rather be experimenting with an "extra" drive, not the one that the computer needs to be useful :-).

SEGA GENESIS lives again, on Nintendo Revolution
SCSI bus capability, regardless of the capabilities of the external HD. I have been doing some more homework and it looks like i'll need transfer rates of 3MB/sec instead (relating to number of I still have some questions to address (as above) but I think for compatibility sakes i'll go for a narrow ultra HD.

indy external hd
Use the empty upper bay for a second (50-pin SCSI) HD with the OS and Apps, and put one of those massive Maxtors in the IDE slot for files, data, graphics, &c. 3) Excluding USB devices which I can't use, are all other CR-DW external units compatible with the 6500? If you upgrade to Mac OS 8.6, or 9.1 you can

HELP!! MacBook Pro OSX and Powerbook OSX Compatibility?
If so, my machine goes ahead and boots from the internal HD since it can see no external alternative. Often, when updating drivers, people forget to check what's on the The range of compatibility of Anubis driver versions may not match exactly those of Apple, I imagine. Might win some and lose others, perhaps.

Value of a 500 mhz machine approaching 0?
Nevada Jack jhmcl...@lvcm.com microsoft public win2000 hardware I have not used Premier with Win2K but I do have a PCI Firewire card operating and running a external HD. The card is a Maxtor. As I understand it the 1394 card will have to be OHCI compliant to run in Win2K.

questions about Unibrain firewire webcam and compatability
I would query the manufacturer on compatibility with Win98FE. I don't know for sure about CardBus, but while I'm certain that Win98SE is required for USB 2, I'd also consider the option of a CDRW module to replace your existing CD drive, and/or an external HD (which *will*, without a doubt, work on USB1.1 with

Bondi Blue rev B: Replacing with new hard drive.
Unless you want extra storage space, I don't see any real need for the external Maxtor. >> EVERY time OE is open for more than a few minutes, whether online or not, the interface compatibility between a machine w/FAT32, another with NTFS, and using the external HD with both (manually, as a tool of opportunity,

Power Mac 6100/60 and 8GB disk
JohnEHarris j...@cambittake-out.demon.co.uk uk comp sys mac I'm about to buy an external hard drive (about 320 GB) to use when I get my iMac G5. I have a LaCie 80 GB external HD, about 3 years old, which I'm using with a iMac DV+ and Silverlining Pro. I am wondering: 1 Will I be able to use my existing LaCie HD

External HD vs Portable HD
I would say you should always use vfat (or at least have a vfat partition) for external devices such as USB HDDs and USB memory devices unless you'll only use it with one OS. That'll give you maximum compatibility with Windows and Linux. -- Andy.

External HD for Dell laptop -- Firewire or USB 2?
For compatibility (eg, if you're sending files to a service bureau), you've still got the Zip. however, I wonder whether getting a 2-4 GB fixed external HD would be a better ('more permanent'?) solution than a Jaz drive. IOW, can you boot and run an OS from a Jaz drive too?.... You can boot and run from a Jaz

Help Mac Plus System 7.0 (more)
I know there are some compatability problems with OS 9 and Office, but that is not the problem right now since i deleted that off the drive. But I would disconnect all external devices, including the external HD. 5) Make absolutely sure that the internal hard drive's cables are firmly connnected (obviously the

Hard drive compatibility, mixing makes, etc
I have an Indy 4400 on 6.2 and I'm wanting to add a 4.3 gb external drive, but I'm worried about compatibility. Are there any success/horror stories in anyone's past with external hard drives? Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. I have a horror story but it's due to the drive, not the external case.