Adding a second drive

Hi All,
I'm sorry to say I have to install windows 7 in my mac pro. I would like to place windows 7 OS and all the windows files on a second drive. When I bought the mac I only bought one drive so now I need to install a second one. Since I don't need a big drive Id like to install a 500gb unit(I'm hoping to use seagate brand). The question is what type of drive do I need and what other cable/hardware do I need to install the drive.
thanks for the help,
Mike

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Adding a second optical drive

Hi,
I've have just added a second optical drive to my MP, it's an LG, "HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B" according to system profiler. I'v left the original apple superdrive as-is, and put this in the second bay. I'm pretty sure I've set it's jumpers to "slave", but it was in an external bay and I don't have a manual or anything, so I'm not 100% sure.
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Hi,
I've have just added a second optical drive to my MP,
it's an LG, "HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B" according to
system profiler. I'v left the original apple
superdrive as-is, and put this in the second bay. I'm
pretty sure I've set it's jumpers to "slave", but it
was in an external bay and I don't have a manual or
anything, so I'm not 100% sure.
Both drives work fine, on their own, but they don't
seem to want to work together. Programs seem to have
to wait for the 2nd drive to finish whatever it is
it's doing, before they can get access to 1st drive
(or vice-versa).
I was under the impression that both drives can be
working at the same time, and it would seem pointless
having two drives if they can't work at the same
time?
I don't have to change anything about the original
superdrive when adding a second drive, do I?
Looking at your specs. the drive is an LG. I have an LG as well not the same model but I set my jumper to Cable Select, that is what worked and it is the same setting as the original Sony SuperDrive.
I am certain it will work as it did no mine.
My specs:
ATA Bus:
SONY DVD RW DW-D150A:
Model: SONY DVD RW DW-D150A
Revision: 1.MD
Serial Number:
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: No
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10L:
Model: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10L
Revision: LL10
Serial Number: K18E8582228
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 1
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: No
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My daughter recently gave me her old G4/400 Tower to use at our vacation home. It has only a 20GB drive, and I want to add a second internal drive. In looking at the various Western Digital drives compatible with Macs, I can't tell if they come with cables, mounting screws, etc. Does the middle connector of the ribbon cable plug directly into the new drive or is an additional cable required?
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Whether I install a second internal drive or hook up an external FW drive, my ultimate goal is to get away from the original 20GB drive as the startup disk.
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The first thing that you have to bear in mind is that model of G4 will only support drives up to 128GB on the internal bus. You can install a larger drive, but only the first 128GB will be used. There are drives of 120GB and smaller still available on the market.
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'afternoon.
i know you mentioned not needing an SSD, but if you don't use WWAN, have you at all considered an mSATA SSD installed under the keyboard? you could run the OS/swap/temp/apps from it, then use the platter drive for data/documents and keep your bay flexible for addtional HDDs or the optical drive.
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So you've added another hard drive to your system... its detected correctly in BIOS, and when you boot into Windows its listed in Device Manager, but it is not visible in My Computer and you can't save anything to it because Windows doesn't see it?
Well, if its not partioned and formatted in a format that Windows recognises, then of course it won't!
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Next, is where you format your partition. Best leave it at the default setting of NTFS. You can also name your new partition here if you like. A quick format usually suffices, so leave that box ticked.
Click Finish in the next screen, and your partition will be created and formatted.
And your new drive is ready to be used in Windows!

'afternoon.
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I'm really interested in the DV4T and I was customizing online but can't seem to find any option to add or even where to purchase an internal second hard drive for the SmartBay. Could someone help, Thanks in advance.
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Hey guys whats up. I need some advice about adding a second hard drive. Right now i have a WD 320GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive running on the primary IDE. Everything is fine but i wanted to get a smaller and faster drive for the operating system and for some small video editing. I recently purchaced a Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive.
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