Optical bay hard drive ide to sata for tecra a2-s336

hello guys, i have a question, i buy a optical bay hard drive for mi laptop but in the screen i got a error "ide1=error" but my computer does not recognize the disk you buy 160GB sata in windows if it recognizes the adapter but not the hard drive any suggestions

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Failed boot after moving hard drive (IDE not SATA)

Greetings all.
I am attempting to setup a headless box, and in doing so I am installing Arch on one system (Sapphire Axion A3-M275 Motherboard), then moving the hard drive to the new system (SGS1660, a VIA CLE266/VT8235 based headless rack-solution). After moving the drive into the SGS1660, the system fails to boot. Attached output from the Serial Console:
Booting 'Arch Linux'
root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/93df0562-c6e6-4583-9a79-51cd2091247b r
o console=ttyS0,115200
[Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3600, size=0x1ad6d0]
initrd /kernel26.img
[Linux-initrd @ 0x2ff21000, 0x9e7a5 bytes]
Linux version 2.6.30-ARCH (root@T-POWA-LX) (gcc version 4.4.0 20090630 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 20 11:20:32 UTC 2009
KERNEL supported cpus:
Intel GenuineIntel
AMD AuthenticAMD
NSC Geode by NSC
Cyrix CyrixInstead
Centaur CentaurHauls
Transmeta GenuineTMx86
Transmeta TransmetaCPU
UMC UMC UMC UMC
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000002ffd0000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000002ffd0000 - 000000002ffde000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 000000002ffde000 - 0000000030000000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000ff780000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
DMI 2.3 present.
AMI BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it.
last_pfn = 0x2ffd0 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000
x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
Scanning 0 areas for low memory corruption
modified physical RAM map:
modified: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000010000 (reserved)
modified: 0000000000010000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
modified: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
modified: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
modified: 0000000000100000 - 000000002ffd0000 (usable)
modified: 000000002ffd0000 - 000000002ffde000 (ACPI data)
modified: 000000002ffde000 - 0000000030000000 (ACPI NVS)
modified: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
modified: 00000000ff780000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-000000002ffd0000
RAMDISK: 2ff21000 - 2ffbf7a5
ACPI: RSDP 000f6ad0 00014 (v00 ACPIAM)
ACPI: RSDT 2ffd0000 0002C (v01 A M I OEMRSDT 09000521 MSFT 00000097)
ACPI: FACP 2ffd0200 00084 (v02 A M I OEMFACP 09000521 MSFT 00000097)
ACPI: DSDT 2ffd0390 03270 (v01 MiniV MiniV080 00000080 INTL 02002026)
ACPI: FACS 2ffde000 00040
ACPI: OEMB 2ffde040 00046 (v01 A M I AMI_OEM 09000521 MSFT 00000097)
0MB HIGHMEM available.
767MB LOWMEM available.
mapped low ram: 0 - 2ffd0000
low ram: 0 - 2ffd0000
node 0 low ram: 00000000 - 2ffd0000
node 0 bootmap 00011000 - 00016ffc
(9 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 002ffd0000]
#0 [0000000000 - 0000001000] BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
#1 [0000001000 - 0000002000] EX TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000001000 - 0000002000]
#2 [0000006000 - 0000007000] TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000006000 - 0000007000]
#3 [0000100000 - 0000626e44] TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0000100000 - 0000626e44]
#4 [002ff21000 - 002ffbf7a5] RAMDISK ==> [002ff21000 - 002ffbf7a5]
#5 [0000099c00 - 0000100000] BIOS reserved ==> [0000099c00 - 0000100000]
#6 [0000627000 - 0000629230] BRK ==> [0000627000 - 0000629230]
#7 [0000010000 - 0000011000] PGTABLE ==> [0000010000 - 0000011000]
#8 [0000011000 - 0000017000] BOOTMAP ==> [0000011000 - 0000017000]
Zone PFN ranges:
DMA 0x00000010 -> 0x00001000
Normal 0x00001000 -> 0x0002ffd0
HighMem 0x0002ffd0 -> 0x0002ffd0
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
0: 0x00000010 -> 0x0000009f
0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0002ffd0
Using APIC driver default
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808
SMP: Allowing 1 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
No local APIC present or hardware disabled
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000e0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000
Allocating PCI resources starting at 40000000 (gap: 30000000:cec00000)
NR_CPUS:8 nr_cpumask_bits:8 nr_cpu_ids:1 nr_node_ids:1
PERCPU: Embedded 11 pages at c1606000, static data 24444 bytes
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 194911
Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/93df0562-c6e6-4583-9a79-51cd2091247b ro console=ttyS0,115200
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Initializing CPU#0
NR_IRQS:512
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 16384 bytes)
Fast TSC calibration using PIT
Detected 1326.894 MHz processor.
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
console [ttyS0] enabled
Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Initializing HighMem for node 0 (00000000:00000000)
Memory: 772708k/786240k available (2905k kernel code, 12976k reserved, 1052k data, 392k init, 0k highmem)
virtual kernel memory layout:
fixmap : 0xfff4e000 - 0xfffff000 ( 708 kB)
pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
vmalloc : 0xf07d0000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 240 MB)
lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xeffd0000 ( 767 MB)
.init : 0xc04e3000 - 0xc0545000 ( 392 kB)
.data : 0xc03d647f - 0xc04dd6a8 (1052 kB)
.text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc03d647f (2905 kB)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
SLUB: Genslabs=13, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 2654.36 BogoMIPS (lpj=4422980)
Security Framework initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (32 bytes/line), D cache 64K (32 bytes/line)
CPU: L2 Cache: 64K (32 bytes/line)
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Freeing SMP alternatives: 10k freed
ACPI: Core revision 20090320
ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 8c20)
weird, boot CPU (#0) not listed by the BIOS.
SMP motherboard not detected.
Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.
SMP disabled
Brought up 1 CPUs
Total of 1 processors activated (2654.36 BogoMIPS).
net_namespace: 1056 bytes
Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0031, last bus=1
PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: Power Resource [URP1] (off)
ACPI: Power Resource [URP2] (off)
ACPI: Power Resource [FDDP] (off)
ACPI: Power Resource [LPTP] (off)
ACPI: No dock devices found.
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
pci 0000:00:07.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:07.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:10.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:10.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:10.1: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:10.1: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:10.2: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:10.2: PME# disabled
HPET not enabled in BIOS. You might try hpet=force boot option
pci 0000:00:11.0: quirk: region 0800-087f claimed by vt8235 PM
pci 0000:00:11.0: quirk: region 0400-040f claimed by vt8235 SMB
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 *15)
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
system 00:05: ioport range 0xe900-0xe90f has been reserved
system 00:05: ioport range 0xea00-0xea0f has been reserved
system 00:05: ioport range 0xeb00-0xeb2f has been reserved
system 00:05: ioport range 0xec00-0xec7f has been reserved
system 00:05: ioport range 0xe800-0xe83f has been reserved
system 00:07: ioport range 0x3e0-0x3e7 has been reserved
system 00:07: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
system 00:07: ioport range 0x800-0x87f has been reserved
system 00:07: ioport range 0x400-0x41f could not be reserved
system 00:09: iomem range 0x0-0x9ffff could not be reserved
system 00:09: iomem range 0xe0000-0xfffff could not be reserved
system 00:09: iomem range 0x100000-0x2fffffff could not be reserved
pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01
pci 0000:00:01.0: IO window: disabled
pci 0000:00:01.0: MEM window: 0xddd00000-0xdfdfffff
pci 0000:00:01.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000d5c00000-0x000000ddbfffff
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
Unpacking initramfs...
Freeing initrd memory: 633k freed
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
apm: overridden by ACPI.
Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
type=2000 audit(1248948860.509:1): initialized
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
msgmni has been set to 1510
alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 254)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
pci 0000:00:01.0: disabling DAC on VIA PCI bridge
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
00:06: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
registered taskstats version 1
Initalizing network drop monitor service
Freeing unused kernel memory: 392k freed
:: Loading Initramfs
:: Running Hook [udev]
:: Loading udev...SCSI subsystem initialized
pata_acpi 0000:00:11.1: can't derive routing for PCI INT A
pata_acpi 0000:00:11.1: can't derive routing for PCI INT A
done.
Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/93df0562-c6e6-4583-9a79-51cd2091247b ...
Root device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/93df0562-c6e6-4583-9a79-51cd2091247b' doesn't exist, attempting to create it
ERROR: Failed to parse block device ids for '/dev/disk/by-uuid/93df0562-c6e6-4583-9a79-51cd2091247b'
ERROR: Unable to detect or create root device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/93df0562-c6e6-4583-9a79-51cd2091247b'
You are being dropped to a recovery shell
Type 'reboot' to reboot
Type 'exit' to try and continue booting
NOTE: klibc contains no 'ls' binary, use 'echo *' instead
If the device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/93df0562-c6e6-4583-9a79-51cd2091247b' gets created while you are here,
try adding 'rootdelay=10' or higher to the kernel command-line
ramfs$
I think what is happening is that the kernel does not have the drivers for the IDE controller on the board for the CLE266/VT8235. Does this seem accurrate? And if so, how can I verify the current kernel config, then compile a kernel with everything else Arch needs to boot properly? I am familiar with the old means of setting up a kernel using the 'make menuconfig; make; make modules_install' etc method.
Thanks for the help in advance!

Hi, not sure if this is still causing you an issue, but I just ran into the same problem.
For me, I have a Sharp PC=MM1110 which has no cd drive and doesn't like to boot from USB. To get Arch installed on it, I had to attach it to another PC (via it's docking cradle, which lets it show up as a USB hard drive), then boot the other PC from an Arch install cd and select the USB hdd for all of the partitioning etc.
When I rebooted after the installation, the Sharp wouldn't boot.
First, I had to edit the grub menu entry to point to (hd0,0), at which point I got the error listed in the first post... Failed to parse block device id's.
If i booted into fallback mode, it booted without a problem.
For me, the solution to finally get it working was to boot into fallback mode, remount the filesystem as r/w, and run mkinitcpio -g filename to rebuild the kernel. Once completed all I had to do was point grub to the new kernel image and it booted ok.
Hope this is useful to someone

I want to upgrade my Hard Drive to 1TB and more. What is the maximun Hard Drive I can install for a MacBook Pro 2009 Yesterday, I tried a SEAGATE SSHD but my screen was always a showing a QUESTION MARK (?). It's not the cable because when I put back

I want to upgrade my Hard Drive to 1TB and more.
What is the maximun Hard Drive I can install for a MacBook Pro 2009
Yesterday, I tried a SEAGATE SSHD but my screen was always a showing a QUESTION MARK (?). It's not the cable because when I put back the old original version, everything works...Any sugestion of brabnding or procédure to upgrade my hard drive?

The largest 2.5" dia SATA drives available are 2 TB in capacity.
Have you tried the Seagate SSHD connected externally to the MBP via USB? The drive itself may be faulty.
Ciao.
Here is a good place to start looking for a replacement drive:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/

My IMac 21.5 mid 2010's HD is going bad on it, after upgrading to mavericks it slowed way down and after it shut off and now won't come back on, would Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s worked?

My IMac 21.5 mid 2010's HD is going bad on it, after upgrading to mavericks it slowed way down and after it shut off and now won't come back on, I call apple support and they told me to bring it in but the nearest store is about two hours away. They said I need it to erase my hard drive but I have too many family pics on it.
would Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s worked on it? I could replace the internal and get an enclosure for the original until I get the pics out of it?
Please advise, it's like five years of family pics I don't wanna loose them and I am worried.
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Al Florez

A Brody,
I really apprecate your very quick respond, Its too late to back up as of now, my hard drive wont load at all so I cannot follow your instruction to back it up. Learn a hard lesson but I will from now on following your link.
Also my hard drive it is not available to do the free exchange program.
I read the OWC instruction on how to replace the drive I was just wondering if the 2TB would work on it instead of the 1 TB they offer, I specifically asked for the Seage Barracuda because I had great experiences with it on PCs.
Again, Thank you

Does FireWire 800 see individual drives in a four bay hard drive enclosure?

I am trying to find a four bay hard drive enclosure with FireWire 800 interface, AND through this one FW800 connection my OS can see the four hard drives individually (similar to USB interface or Port Multiplier on eSATA interface). Anyone knows whether such a product exists? Thanks.

I'm not sure you fully understand how the hardware/software RAID system functions. If you create a mirrored RAID with either then you have redundancy for drive failure. This would be the case for either hardware or software arrays. If you create a striped array with hardware or software then there is no redundancy regardless of which method you use.
An enclosure failure can occur whether you use software or hardware based arrays, so the failure risks are the same. There's no reason to believe that the failure risk of the enclosure would be greater than using software. In fact it's likely that the hardware would be more reliable. As for differences between eSATA and Firewire reliability I'm not sure why your would believe one is more reliable than the other unless you have data that supports such a conclusion.
If you are overly cautious about backups (which is a good thing) then I would look for an enclosure in which you could have two separate striped arrays. Then the two striped arrays are configured into a single mirrored array. That way you have two separate backups - a main one and the mirror. This gives both drive and data redundancy. The main risk is if one drive in each array fails simultaneously. The risk of this would be fairly low I would think. Even this risk can be removed if the box supports other types of arrays than just 0, 1, and 0-1. See the following:
RAID Basics
For basic definitions and discussion of what a RAID is and the different types of RAIDs see RAIDs. Additional discussions plus advantages and disadvantages of RAIDs and different RAID arrays see:
RAID Tutorial;
RAID Array and Server: Hardware and Service Comparison>.
Hardware or Software RAID?
RAID Hardware Vs RAID Software - What is your best option?
RAID is a method of combining multiple disk drives into a single entity in order to improve the overall performance and reliability of your system. The different options for combining the disks are referred to as RAID levels. There are several different levels of RAID available depending on the needs of your system. One of the options available to you is whether you should use a Hardware RAID solution or a Software RAID solution.
RAID Hardware is always a disk controller to which you can cable up the disk drives. RAID Software is a set of kernel modules coupled together with management utilities that implement RAID in Software and require no additional hardware.
Pros and cons
Software RAID is more flexible than Hardware RAID. Software RAID is also considerably less expensive. On the other hand, a Software RAID system requires more CPU cycles and power to run well than a comparable Hardware RAID System. Also, because Software RAID operates on a partition by partition basis where a number of individual disk partitions are grouped together as opposed to Hardware RAID systems which generally group together entire disk drives, Software RAID tends be slightly more complicated to run. This is because it has more available configurations and options. An added benefit to the slightly more expensive Hardware RAID solution is that many Hardware RAID systems incorporate features that are specialized for optimizing the performance of your system.
For more detailed information on the differences between Software RAID and Hardware RAID you may want to read: Hardware RAID vs. Software RAID: Which Implementation is Best for my Application?

Are (some) external firewire 400 hard drives just cased sata drives?

Are (some) external firewire 400 hard drives just cased sata drives? If so, I think I'd like to bust open my external 160GB Lacie and mount it internally...
I have no idea if they are or not, it just crossed my mind at one point.

Possible but unlikely. PATA drive remain less expensive in bulk and PATA ->FW enclosures are more mature and wide spread than SATA->FW. Larger drive cap. drives are more likely to be SATA.

External hard drive options and sata 2

Hi guys:) My 100GB hard drive on my comp is always so full. I have a smaller (as in laptop sized) 80GB hard drive that I use for video work. The smaller size is great for portability though I have to use external power. The other big issue is that I only have one firewire slot on my mac and one on the Hard drive which means that I have to capture onto my mac - not great with the limitted space. And so then after that I copy to hard drive.
In the ideal world, I would like to purchase a small in size but huge in capacity hard drive that does not have the above issues. Though lets move back into reality ...
So, I was thinking of getting an external hard drive 500gb, possibly the lacie d2 SATA II https://www.epowermac.com.au/product.asp?P_ID=628 and then purchasing an express card. Why do you guys think?? Is this going to be faster than firewire 400/800 or not. I think you can also get a firewire convertor card too, which then will give my mac two firewire 800 slots. Would this option be better?
Thanks for your time and responses to all those that will assist:)

What format do you work with ?
I'll have a stab and say, Pal dv but if it's Pal Hdv
the same applies.
If it's Pal DvCpro then sing out - the rules change
somewhat for that.
Your transfer device is a camera ?
You're recording on tape, right ?
1) You can configure your system like this.
Mac>fw drive>fw to deck/cam - daisy chained using the
fw 400 port.
Put the cam/deck on the end b/c that device is likely
to be rated at 100mb/sec so it's the slowest. That
should negate the capture then additional transfer.
2) Plenty of thoughts about LaCie - some love 'em,
some hate 'em. Same goes with all drive
manufacturers. Personally I prefer IBM/Hitachi and
Seagate - shrug. Some others Western Digital or
Maxtor. No drive is bullet proof - and painful when
you lose one.
3) Express card - yes if you need the raw throughput
and plan to Raid. It's not going to speed up anything
too much though at capture as your cam/deck will be
trundling along at 100 mb max.
You'll need to buy Sata drives and enclosures. You
may get some more RT in fcp.
4) You may get 2 slots on the one card but they share
the same bus - the best fw rigs have seperate buses
or daisy chained as above.
Anyway that's a start - you'll have to fill in the
blanks for us.
I work with dvpal atm and wish to transfer video from a camera. My church will be getting some professional cameras soon, so i'm not sure exactly what format that'll be but no doubt higher quality. I'll also have use of a new beaut mac pro at my church, though I'll still wish to work at home as well which is why I wish to resolve my issue.
I cant currently daisy chain with my 80GB hard drive due to it only having one fire wire input.
I didnt explain that the express card I was looking at was a SATA one also. According to the specs, the 'Tempo SATA Express 34' controller has two external, 3Gb/s, SATA II ports, and plugs directly into a MacBook Pro (15" or 17"). It makes it sound like each port has a transfer rate of 3Gb/s which is heaps more than 800?? I suppose one issue with doing it this way though is the issue of hooking it up to the mac pro which I dont think has an express slot.
Hope this time i've made better sense:)

I want to know about time machine if i can use the hard drive that i use for time machine back up as a normal hard drive too or if it's only for time machine

I want to know about time machine if i can use the hard drive that i use for time machine back up as a normal hard drive too or if it's only for time machine
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thank you very much because i am considering to buy the porsche design hard disk 1TB and i want to have it for normal use and for time machine is a pitty to give 1TB for back up only again thanks and i know seperate the back and the working jobs are better but the i have to have 2 hardisks and i want only 1

I have two hard drives on my mac 10.5.8 power pc and hear the clickking sounds of the first hard drive and think that it may be dying, can I install everything on the other hard drive also and wait for the first drvie to die before i use the other drives

I have two hard drives on my mac 10.5.8 power pc and hear the clickking sounds of the first hard drive and think that it may be dying, can I install everything on the other hard drive also and wait for the first drive to die before i use the other drives? Or, what is the best way to handle this?

I do not know what you are waiting for.
I'd make a backup of your important stuff before cloning the entire disk.
Carbon Copy Cloner will copy your startup drive to an external firewire drive. You can boot from the external drive to verify that you have a good clone. When you upgrade your existing startup drive, you can at any time boot from your external drive and go back to your existing system.
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
SuperDuper is the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless. Its incredibly clear, friendly interface is understandable, easy to use, and SuperDuper's built-in scheduler makes it trivial to back up automatically. And it runs beautifully on both Intel and Power PC Macs!

Can you unplug the external hard drive you are using for time machine

can you unplug the external hard drive you are using for time machine and then plug it back in and it work normals because i have a mac book and don't want to always be carrieing the external hard drive every where i go so can you ?

Yes, that will work fine. It will back up normally once you plug it in again. I do this with my MacBook.

Where can i buy a hard drive caddy and connector for a second hard drive for my dv7-7190eo?

Where can i buy a hard drive caddy and connector for a second hard drive for my dv7-7190eo?
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Gurra wrote:
Where can i buy a hard drive caddy and connector for a second hard drive for my dv7-7190eo?
Hi,
The right part number for the hard drive kit is 681976-001. The support website for the laptop is on HP Sweden so run the part number on google.co.uk (or your Swedish). I have found the cheapest on us amazon for $38 or £42.
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Can I encrypt a USB hard drive that's not for time machine?

can I encrypt a USB hard drive that's not for time machine?

Yes, if it has the GUID Partition Map Scheme, but only by erasing it and choosing a new format.
See #2 in Using Disk Utility.

Which hard drive is the best for iMac (late 2012)?

Wich hard drive is the best for the new iMac. I thought one of LaCie, do you guys know better hard drives. Please comment. It would be nice if it has Thunderbolt or/and USB 3.0. Not too expenive.

aigoosung:
Here is a list of available drives for your computer at OWC.
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Can i use Iomega 1TB MiniMax Hard Drive FireWire 800/USB for ipad 2 to access videos without using mac or pc ?

can i use Iomega 1TB MiniMax Hard Drive FireWire 800/USB for ipad 2 to access videos without using mac or pc ?

No, you can't connect an external drive to the iPad - the iPad doesn't have a USB or firewire port and the camera connection kit only supports the transfer of photos and videos into the Photos app. There are some wifi-enabled drives that can be used to stream content to the iPad e.g. Seagate GoFlex Satellite

Better to use optical bay or drive bay for SSD?

Just bought a mid-2012 MacPro. Also purchased a Crucial 512GB SSD drive, which I intend to use for a boot drive. I know that I can install the drive in one of the four slide out drive bays. From what I can gather, it doesn't matter which bay I use, Mac will boot equally well from any of them. My question is: What about the second optical bay? Is there any advantage to putting the SSD there? (other than keeping another slot open for HDD?) Have tried to research this a bit, but the model is brand-new, not a lot of info out there.. Mucho thanks!

The model is not "new" it is just a tiny change in processor options, everything else is unchanged.
To use in standard bays you need to use an adapter to fit. If you put it in the optical bay if you are like me, it will get moved, put on its side, so again, might want to 'tie it down."
But it doesn't matter which location.
With 512GB you probably are going to use it for much more than just the boot drive. Maybe Aperture or other libraries.
As for research, there are products and reviews and Mac centric sites such as
http://www.macperformanceguide.com - click on Articles & Topics

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