Replacing A CD Driver With A Superdrive

I bought a used Powermac G4 for my mother-in-law. It reads CDs, but I want her to be able to burn her own CDs/DVDs, or read my CDs/DVDs, so I want to replace the current drive with a superdrive. Can anyone recommend any particular (internal) brand/model?

Hi-
Pioneer has the best native support, and builds a good drive.
Older models from the DVR-109 to the current DVR-116 will all work.
The DVR-116 is a fine drive.
In OS X Panther and Tiger, you will need to install the freeware Patchburn to get full burn support from iapp's, like iTunes, iMovie, etc.

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hello all,
Can I replace my combo drive with a super drive? I see on some of the tech do it yourself pages the G5 17" original imac is supported for changing it out by your self. but how do I go about buying the superdrive...and from whome??
thanks,
marc

As to the DIY installation...I purchased an OWC Mercury 8x dual to replace my combodrive, but the installation directions that everyone refers to on the apple support site says nothing about removing the mounting cage to use in the replacement installation. Am I missing something here? Sure, I can remove the three mounting screws that holds the cage to the drive, but then I'm left with the welded bracket that does not seem to want to move. OWC support was no help at all. Is there a trick to this?

Can I replace my Matshita CD drive with a superdrive?

I just purchased a G5 and was thrilled when I saw how easy it would be to transfer all of my old home video to dvd using imovie and idvd, however when I went to complete the first project my machine informed me that I would not be able to burn a DVD.
Can I replace my current drive with a superdrive?
If not, can I use an external burner?
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You should run System Profiler to confirm it is not a superdrive. Only a few models of the iMac G5 had a combo drive.
You can get an external superdrive. OWC has some.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/optical-drives/
A drive with FireWire may provide better performance.

(2011 13" Macbook Pro Model 8,1) I want to replace my 320GB HDD and replace it with a 6gb/s 120GB SSD. I also want to replace the optical drive with a 7200RPM HDD 750GB.

I want to use:
The SSD and enclosure to replace the optical drive with the new HDD
So basically, I want to use the SSD in the link above. I want to set this up as either preferrably a fusion drive. If not the smoothest most stable configuration. I have a Macbook Pro Early 2011 13" with 8 GB of ram, 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5, 320GB HDD.
I want to install the SSD directly to the SATA port where the 320 GB HDD is currently. I then want to install the new HDD, preferrably a name brand 750 GB 7200RPM hard drive where the optical drive is now. I want the storage to work in a way in which the OS, and my most used programs and files get stored on the SSD, and everything else gets stored on the larger hard drive. My most preferred method would be Fusion drive, or a SPAN drive.
I would like to use a Seagate Momentus XT, but I learned that there might be issues with compatability with this. I dont mind using the 3 gb/s 500GB option, but would like to know if it would even be smart to do it. I also have no problem settling for a regular 7200 RPM hard drive.
I have read a bunch of stuff online but I still am not sure if this is even possible. I want my machine to run as fluid as possible so any info would be appreciated.

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HT4889 Replacing System hard drive with a new one. How to get everything over to the new boot drive?

Replacing System hard drive with a new one. How to get everything over to the new boot drive? Should I use Carbon Copy or does apple have a better untility to do this?
I can't get my current system drive (OSX 10.8.3) to start on the first try. I always have to shut down and restart again to finally see the Apple logo.
Have used disc utility to repair the disc and permissions several times and that works. The next time I boot up, it works fine and I get the apple logo, but then the second time I boot up, it's back to the blank screen again and it only boots after the second try. I have tried this repair three different times now always with the same result. Works right the first try (after the repair) then from the second time on it doesn't work. I just get the white screen until I reboot a second time.
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If you have a time machine back up of your current drive you can do this
Shut down your computer, install the new drive. While the computer is off plug in the external hard drive that you have your time machine back up on. Hold Option key while the computer turnes on, let go of the option key once you get a grey screen. Shortly after you'll see a list of bootable drives, select the one that has your time machine back up on it and boot into that drive.
From there go into disk utility, format your new drive too, osx extended journaled ( I think, double check that, its been awhile since ive had to do this), hit format
Exit disk utility and then you can use time machine to copy all your exisit data to the new hhd and then your pretty much done.
There is also a program called Carbon Cloner that will do esentially the same thing however I've never uesed it.

Hi,I have recently replaced by hard drive with a ssd. My old hard drive has all my iTunes stuff.i would like to install only iTunes programme on the ssd with all the content on the old hard drive. How do I do it?

Hi,I have recently replaced by hard drive with a ssd. My old hard drive has all my iTunes stuff.i would like to install only iTunes programme on the ssd with all the content on the old hard drive. How do I do it?

Install iTunes.
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When prompted, point iTunes to the correct location for the iTunesLibrary.itl file which should be in the iTunes folder under <user>/Music on the old drive.

Is it possible to replace a failed drive with another unused hard drive within an ix12-300r

I have an ix12-300r with a failed drive in a storage pool - I want to replace the failed drive with one of the other drives in the NAS that are unused (i.e. not part of any other storage pool)
i.e. Storage Pool consists of 3 drives - disk 1, disk 2 and disk 3.
Disk 3 has failed.
Disk 4 is free and not used by any other storage pool.
Can Disk 4 be pulled out and then put into the place of Disk 3?
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Hello cayliffe
Yes! In you case disk 4 would be usable as a replacement for disk 3.
You can remove disk 4 and put it in bay 3 if you wish, however you should be able to set the ix12 to use unused drives as hot spares so the firmware switches to the disk automatically. In Drive Management > Settings the "Use available drives as hot spares" option will allow your device to use any compatible unused/available disk as a hot spare for any of the storage pools.
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Can I replace my optical drive with internal blu-Ray player?

Basically what the question says. I have a MacBook Pro mid-2009, and I'm wondering if I can replace the optical drive with an internal blu-ray drive. I would want to be able to read and write to regular CD and DVD still though, that's a must. Also, if there is an internal drive I can put in, will OSX Mavericks support playing a blu-ray movie just because my computer can read it?
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Can I replace my CD drive with a 1.8 inch SSD?

I recently bought the OWC Data Doubler that replaces the CD drive with a 2.5 inch hard drive. http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DDAMBS0GB/ My initial plan was to put in a regular hard drive but my external SSD's usb plug broke off and I'd hate to throw out an otherwise good drive. It's a 1.8 inch micro SATA so it would be too small normally. (pic for reference http://i.imgur.com/FAwFBZq.jpg ) So I guess my question is: Is it still possible to use my SSD and can I somehow fit it in the Data Doubler instead of another hard drive?
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This link has enclosures and adapters for 1.8" HDDs. Perhaps one of these items can put your 1.8" HDD back into operation:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH &Description=1.8"+SATA+drive&N=-1&isNodeId=1
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I own a first generation Time Capsule with a 1 TB drive (6,106.) The light just started flashing amber and the message with Airport Utility is "Internal Disk Needs Repair." Assuming the drive has gone south, can I replace this 1TB drive with a 2TB one, or is there a BIOS restriction.

It is just time.. the TC were designed to run too hot for the power supply to last.
The fan should be running all the time as indeed they do in the new versions. The supply will be on the edge and in fact what you are experiencing maybe power supply.. it depends.. if yours is Gen1 with 1TB hitachi drive I have yet to see a dead drive.. lots of dead supplies.
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But is it economic.. ?? That is the question.. If you have a Gen1 with an hitachi drive it could be worth it. As the drive could still be good.. pull it out and test it.
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I am about to replace my hard drive with Apple. Do I need to format my existing drive to clear my data?

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Hp 4530s replace ide hard drive with sata

Would like to replace ide hard drive with a sata in a probook 4530s. any suggestions/information?

Not sure what you mean. It has no IDE hard drive it is SATA.
Look at disassembly video at 1:00 in. That is a SATA hard drive, my friend. Problem solved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWkCsrVJFlY

Replacing the zip drive with the dvd-ram

I've replaced the built in DVD-RAM with DVD burner.
I have a zip drive too. Can I to replace the zip drive with the DVD-RAM?
Thanks

Hi, mikmik -
Unless your G4 is a G4 MDD model, doing that is not easy at all.
The bay for the Zip drive on all G4's earlier than an MDD model is considerably smaller than a standard drive bay, which is what an optical drive needs.
Open your case and take a look at the relative sizes of the upper optical drive bay and the lower Zip drive bay.
In order to put replace the Zip drive with an optical drive you would need to do a fair amount of surgery on the frame. It has been done; here's a pictorial step-by-step by one fellow who did that to a B&W G3 -
http://www.shanescot.com/photos/BW_mod/
The work needed on a G4 would be very similar to that.

MacBook hard drive is full again. Replaced original hard drive with a Samsung SSD 840 Pro Series 256GB hard drive about 18 mo. ago, but my MacBook is now already saying that my hard drive is full again. 13in. Alum. Late 2008 MacBook

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13in. Aluminum, Late 2008 MacBook, 250 GB (with upgraded Samsung SSD 840 Pro Series 256GB hard drive)
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
OS X 10.9.5
plus
Apple Time Capsule 4th Generation 2TB
LaCie Porsche Design P'9223 1TB external hard drive
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