Hello,
I have a 2000 Power Mac G4 model #M5183. I've been using (prepare to laugh) FCP2 (go ahead and laugh!). I overloaded the secondary drive (for media only) and now I want to replace this drive instead deleting the footage on it. So I went to my local Best Buy and after talking to a salesman, I bought a Western Digital SATA 300MB/s, 500GB/Go, WD Caviar SE16, 16MB Cache, running at 7200RPM. Okay, I have no idea what most of this means.
Is there a possibility that by installing this drive I might screw up the FCP or the OS--it's OS9.
Is there a way to install the new drive and keep the old one in it? Or am I better off taking it out?
Of the two drives already in it, which is the main drive, which is the secondary?
The one drive I can see has an IBM label on it.
Once the new drive is in, will I have to format it or will it be automatically done?
Or should I just pay someone $50 to put it in?
Thank you for the help.
Daniel