Q: Large capacity disk drive
I have an external Firewire drive case that used to contain a 320 GB disk. The disk itself died recently. But the case and associated circuitry are fine.
I want to replace the drive with a larger one - 1 TB or more. But I can't find one that uses the older PATA interface. Does such a drive exist? Are there any other pitfalls I should know about with disks that large?
Gary
G4, Mac OS 9.2.x
Posted on Apr 1, 2013 5:45 AM
Check the usual PC retailers online (newegg, Micro Center, etc.) and see what's still available. The problem is that as drive capacities were getting larger, the industry had begun the transition from PATA to SATA. You might be lucky to find a 500 GB drive. If you run across reconditioned drives, I'd only consider buying a factory-reconditioned one.
Posted on Apr 1, 2013 11:14 PM