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n5232p - Aug 28, 2005 - 4:16 am

I purchased a larger drive for my Power Mac G4. I am running OS 10.3.9. I attached the new drive as a slave (ATA 133) and copied all of the files over. Then I replaced the old drive with the new one. The G4 will not boot from the new drive. If I boot from the old one it sees it but will not let me change the boot disk to the new drive.
What can I do?

Do I need to boot with a CD and then copy the drive from old to new?

Thanks

Ken

philippe99 - Aug 28, 2005 - 4:41 am

Ken, welcome to macosx.com

(1) when you put the new drive in the place of the old one, are you (jumpers) it is in master mode ?
(2) how do you copy files from the old to the new; a simple manual copy does not respect permissions for the system; you need to clone the old to the new
For instance using CarbonCopyCloner
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
Or you can use the Restore (yes !) facility of DiskUtility to clone the old the new.

Regards
Philippe

n5232p - Aug 29, 2005 - 2:37 am

Good idea to check the jumpers. I had set it to master this time...

I will try Cardon Copy Cloner. I had just manualy copied the files so that is the problem.

Thank you so much for the help.

Have you used Intech ATA Hi-Cap driver? The new drive is 200gb.

Ken

philippe99 - Aug 29, 2005 - 1:22 pm

Ken,
(1) manually copying files does not respect Unix permissions and prebinding for the System, so that's why a manually copied System will never be available for booting
CCC is a good tool; I used SuperDuper
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDup...scription.html
Shareware, but more options fo specific backup actions

(2) No I never used this drive, nor drives with a so big capacity (yes, my G5 as an internal Seagate 250G).

Happy we both find a solution to your issue.

Have fun with your Mac and thank you again for using macosx.com.
Regards
Philippe

n5232p - Aug 29, 2005 - 4:12 pm

Good idea to check the jumpers. I had set it to master this time...

I will try Cardon Copy Cloner. I had just manualy copied the files so that is the problem.

Thank you so much for the help.

Have you used Intech ATA Hi-Cap driver? The new drive is 200gb.

Ken

philippe99 - Aug 30, 2005 - 2:06 pm

Ken, what do you repeat your last question; I have already answer; do you need other infos ?
Philippe

n5232p - Aug 30, 2005 - 5:11 pm

I am not sure why it posted the questions again. Everything works great now.

I purchased the "Speedtools" package from InTech software. They have a good backup and cloning utilities as well as the "ATA-High-Cap" software. I used speedtool to defrag the drive, then add the the ATA-High Cap software. Plugged in the new 200 gig drive and partitioned it into two parts, one 70gig bootable with a 128 gig data volume. then I the Speedtools backup utility to copy over the files. Removed the old drive and everything works great.

If I have to boot from a CD or DVD I will only see the first volume, but I only use the second one for large final cut files.

Thank you again for all of your help. I hope this helps someone else too.

Ken

philippe99 - Aug 31, 2005 - 3:58 am

Thanking for posting back your solution. This thread will go to our FAQ database.
Happy to havel help you and thank you again for using macosx.com
Regards
Philippe