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Can I put a hard drive where a CD was?

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DJW

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Nov 12, 2009, 12:02:35 AM11/12/09
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I have a USB external CD-RW by Iomega that the drive does not work
anymore. Can I put an IDE hard drive in place of the CD? And if so do
I set the hard drive to slave or master. It looks like the power and
data pugs will fit in the hard drive.

nospam

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Nov 12, 2009, 12:58:28 AM11/12/09
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In article
<0e394cb0-4234-47c6...@x15g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>,
DJW <dd...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have a USB external CD-RW by Iomega that the drive does not work
> anymore. Can I put an IDE hard drive in place of the CD?

sure

> And if so do
> I set the hard drive to slave or master. It looks like the power and
> data pugs will fit in the hard drive.

depends on what the bridge wants. it probably wants master, but some
want cable select.

Malcolm

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Nov 13, 2009, 2:49:09 AM11/13/09
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On 2009-11-12 00:02:35 -0500, DJW <dd...@hotmail.com> said:

> I have a USB external CD-RW by Iomega that the drive does not work
> anymore. Can I put an IDE hard drive in place of the CD?

Yes, but it will be slow on some Macs (such as QuickSiivers) that use a
separate, slower, IDE controller for the optical bus.

> And if so do I set the hard drive to slave or master?
It depends on the Mac. Some use CS (Cable Select). Set it to match
the optical drive you are removing. If it uses the end connector on
the cable, Master will work. If the end connector is already in use,
Slave will work.

> It looks like the power and data pugs will fit in the hard drive.

Don't let them in the drives! Their hair will cause problems.


DJW

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Nov 14, 2009, 10:20:41 AM11/14/09
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On Nov 13, 6:49 am, Malcolm <malcolm@invalid> wrote:

I am talking about putting it in an external case hooked up via USB.

isw

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Nov 14, 2009, 12:59:06 PM11/14/09
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<b58aa812-dbe9-46c6...@h10g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>,
DJW <dd...@hotmail.com> wrote:

It should work fine there, and it unlikely that the position of the
selector plug will matter. It would IF the USB adapter could handle two
drives, but I've never seen one of those. (Or maybe they all can but I
just never tried)...

Isaac

David Stone

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Nov 16, 2009, 9:25:12 AM11/16/09
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In article <isw-156ECD.09590614112009@[216.168.3.50]>,
isw <i...@witzend.com> wrote:

> In article
> <b58aa812-dbe9-46c6...@h10g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>,
> DJW <dd...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 13, 6:49 am, Malcolm <malcolm@invalid> wrote:
> > > On 2009-11-12 00:02:35 -0500, DJW <d...@hotmail.com> said:
> > >
> > > > I have a USB external CD-RW by Iomega that the drive does not work
> > > > anymore. Can I put an IDE hard drive in place of the CD?
> > >
> > > Yes, but it will be slow on some Macs (such as QuickSiivers) that use a
> > > separate, slower, IDE controller for the optical bus.
> > >
> > > > And if so do I set the hard drive to slave or master?
> > >
> > > It depends on the Mac. Some use CS (Cable Select). Set it to match
> > > the optical drive you are removing. If it uses the end connector on
> > > the cable, Master will work. If the end connector is already in use,
> > > Slave will work.
> > >
> > > > It looks like the power and data pugs will fit in the hard drive.

^^^^


> > >
> > > Don't let them in the drives! Their hair will cause problems.
> >
> > I am talking about putting it in an external case hooked up via USB.
>
> It should work fine there, and it unlikely that the position of the
> selector plug will matter. It would IF the USB adapter could handle two
> drives, but I've never seen one of those. (Or maybe they all can but I
> just never tried)...

It was a joke based on a spelling mistake...

<sigh>

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