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craisin

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Nov 18, 2012
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New Zealand
My friend has been given some eMacs of varying sizes 800mhz to 1.42ghz

I have just purchased a G4 eMac with USB2 and 1.25 ghz cpu and leopard

If i installed tiger on an external HDD USB2 would i be able to remove that HDD from the USB enclosure and install it inside a 800 mhz eMac as a internal would it boot and work??
 

craisin

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Nov 18, 2012
24
0
New Zealand
Yes i like to take a day to change a hard drive . I use an ice tray to put the different size screws in
thank you all for your input and good ideas
 

jchase2057

macrumors regular
Dec 6, 2010
234
2
Detroit
Yes i like to take a day to change a hard drive . I use an ice tray to put the different size screws in
thank you all for your input and good ideas

If you mean hard drives in general then you shouldn't attempt this. Swapping a drive in a powermac is a 5 minute job. If it takes you a day then you shouldn't do it on an emac. Even a day for an emac is rough, but if you're confident then have it. Good Luck!
 
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