Successfully expanded storage with Seagate SATA/300 500GB internal drive!

*Initially thinking I'd add an external firewire 250GB drive for video production storage, I am thusfar delighted that I went with the Seagate 500GB internal drive they call the Seagate SATA/300. By following the combination of instructions that Seagate and Apple provided with drive and operating system, it worked perfectly the first time! I've never had such an easy upgrade with my Windows computers. I chose just one partition so I'd have all 500GB available for a family video project, which I trust will be somewhat overkill.*
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Hi! I presume that with all your desire to save important historical information you have provided sufficient backup capabilities to your system? It would be a shame to lose important information for lack of a sufficient backup routine. Tom

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Welcome to Discussions!
Booted from the OS install disk, in Disk Utility, you were able to see the drive before formatting? After formatting, the drive isn't available for OS installation?
Did you lock the drive? Password protect? What is the formatted capacity (according to Disk Utility?
Your G5 will support as large a drive as you an purchase.......

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/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            249.2 GB   disk0s2
/dev/disk1
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   2:                  Apple_HFS BootDisk                14.7 GB    disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3
/dev/disk2
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   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:               Windows_NTFS TOSHIBA EXT             1.0 TB     disk2s1
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   Device Node:              /dev/disk0
   Part of Whole:            disk0
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   Mounted:                  Not applicable (no file system)
   File System:              None
   Content (IOContent):      GUID_partition_scheme
   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 SATA
   SMART Status:             Verified
   Total Size:               250.1 GB (250059350016 Bytes) (exactly 488397168 512-Byte-Blocks)
   Volume Free Space:        Not applicable (no file system)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes
   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (no file system)
   Ejectable:                No
   Whole:                    Yes
   Internal:                 Yes
   Solid State:              No
   OS 9 Drivers:             No
   Low Level Format:         Not supported
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Thank you for the very helpful discussions on adding storage.
I want to add storage to my Mac G4 'silver door' FW 800, running OSX 10.4.11. It has a (very full) 110 GB Toshiba as it's original drive, plus a clunky Maxtor 80 GB external USB drive I've used for backup.
Due to photos and videos, mostly from documenting garden projects and creating documents about them, my drives are filling fast. I want a long term solution - and don't feel like purchasing a new computer any time soon (We're a non-profit, who can afford it these days?)
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I think I prefer using the internal option, since the G4 is set up to expand easily. Comments? An external 500 gb firewire drive isn't that much more expensive (~$40)
If I chose to add an internal drive, one reasonable choice seems to be a 500GB Seagate 7200.9 PATA (that's my interface, not SATA). The price is right. Will it work without problems with my G4 FW800? (The Seagate site and documents say it's Mac compatible, the box doesn't. Most online Mac vendors seem to carry the Seagate 7200.10.)
Do I need to worry about the SSC issues some Mac users have faced with Seagate drives, or does that only apply to SATA drives? Do I need to carefully read the serial number of the product, to avoid -301, which have SSC enabled and thus won't work with Apple controllers?
Will I need to buy a different cable? Or can I just plug it into the cable in the Mac (it seems set up to easily add another drive)?
Will I need to worry about BIOS limitations, or is there any other reason I might end up buying 500GB but only be able to use 137 GB? Or does the fact that my Mac already has an ultra ATA/100 solve that problem? Seagate talks about an ultra ATA/133 card - will I need to install that to avoid problems? How will that affect my existing Toshiba drive that will be bear some kind of 'master/slave' relationship to the new drive (it connects via ultra ATA/100 PATA).
If I have to get such a card, would it make more sense to simply get a SATA card? How will that affect cables and ease of installation?
If going above a certain GB size (~137 GB) will give my Mac major heartburn, should I stay under that limit for the internal drive?
Too many questions ! Sorry, moderator! But I've only got two more: I'd like to boot off my new drive, and make my existing drive the "slave". Is that relatively easy to do? Has anyone done that? Should I first hook things up as Apple and Seagate both suggest, with the original drive as Master, first?
Thanks! My questions probably show my blind spots and conceptual weaknesses - if it is clear I'm going down the wrong road, let me know.

Hi-
Welcome to Discussions!
In a summed up answer to all of your questions; Yes, the Seagate drive will be a wonderful, compatible, fully usable, plug and play in the second drive position, addition to the internals of your tower.
No size limitations, no BIOS worries, no need for a controller card, no new cables......
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Just beware that Apple won't replace the HD with the new 500GB models, only replacement it will do is for a same-size unit in case of failure, AND unauthorized replacement will void the warranty, base or extended AppleCare. In other words, you do the switch and something else breaks down later, Apple will refuse to repair for free claiming that the damage was due to unauthorized personnel fiddling with the innards.
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2) Virtualization
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I would like to 'span' my iTunes library over to drive 4 and was thinking about building a Raid-0 on drives 3) and 4).
Can I do this without any additonal software and hardware?
Do I simply do that in Disk Utility?
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I assume performance is also sufficient as after all it is only for iTunes.
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OK. That's what I had thought.
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Good day...here's a little background before I head into my question.
I have a mid-2010 Macbook Pro with a 320 GB hard drive. I have an 2 GB WD External Hard drive...I've partitioned 500 GB that I use for my Time Machine backups and use the remaining 1.5 TB to store additional files, mainly music and video files. I rarely keep it plugged in to my MBP....I'll plug it in to do the odd Time Machine backup every couple of weeks, but that's about it. I like taking the MBP to the living room to use and the idea of having to plug and unplug an external hard drive several times a day is something I've decided not to do. Additionally, I access most of my photos/music/video through my Apple TV to play them on my TV/receiver. I also have no need to use the cloud as I don't require access to my media files when I'm out of the house.
My internal hard drive has been filling up over the last year and as it has, I've been dumping video files to my external hard drive. If I need them again, I'll simply transfer the odd one back to my MBP and add it back to the Itunes library. However, even with the odd purging, my internal drive is now filling up, mainly due to photos and videos of the little kids. The time has come, I need to do something.
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A computer should never be considered a data storage device, only a data creation/ sending/ manipulation device.
All mega-storage should be a "grab and dash" item to store in a fire vault etc. Easily unhooked from a main computer capable of lightning strike, failure, easy erasure, etc.
And never ever rely on one backup ever. Recipe for disaster.
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..... also those running literally 1000s of HD in server farms agree on this.
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I have 4 of these tiny 2TB drives, ....theyre highly rated, and phenomenal
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