If I put a Mac G4 HDD in my Current Computer, Will it work?

[NalNalas]

I am really curious to know if my computer can support doing this. My computer can hold more than 2 hard drives so it will work for any other hard drive. I am not sure if a Mac hard drive will work for mine. Do any of you know if it will?

Specs below for my current computer




My computer is a prebuild from gateway
the model is a dx 4300 I added a Graphics Card updated the Wattage and Added in two gigs of ram. I checked my case if it can hold more than one hard drive and the motherboard and it can. I'm not sure if a mac hard drive will work. Do any of you know?

The power mac has like 1.4ghz processor 1gb ram amd 7500 graphics card and I don't know the rest of the specs

I'm no good with Mac's so I don't know if this will work or not

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[Blooker]

I thought Apple were richards and made it so that they couldn't be used with other computers?

[RagnaTheBroedge]

a hard drive is a hard drive
if you have the cables it'll work

[NalNalas]

I thought Apple were richards and made it so that they couldn't be used with other computers?

That's what I thought too but other people said different things

[beachbum111111]

A mac hard drive is just a normal pc hard drive (In an iMac it's usually a laptop hard drive but I don't know about their towers).

[NalNalas]

A mac hard drive is just a normal pc hard drive (In an iMac it's usually a laptop hard drive but I don't know about their towers).

The one I have is a old G4 one so idk

[beachbum111111]

The one I have is a old G4 one so idk

It's probably a normal hard drive. Is it the same size as the one in your computer?

[KoopaScooper]

It's more than likely an IDE drive, I think there's only like 5 modern motherboards that still have IDE on them.

[Visage]

I don't remember the exact reason but no a mac OS will not work on a PC only a hacked version will. Mac OS like reads data differently it has to do with the CPU I believe I remember someone designed a little chip thing to put on a CPU that would allow mac to work. I tried googling for a couple minutes couldn't get the exact reason. They now have hacked versions that will work on a PC and are against Apples EULA but a legit copy will not work.

Nvm you just wanted to use the hard-drive, not use the OS on the hard-drive. So yes it will work.

[NalNalas]

It's probably a normal hard drive. Is it the same size as the one in your computer?

yes

It's more than likely an IDE drive, I think there's only like 5 modern motherboards that still have IDE on them.

Its more modern it was made in like 2007
EDIT: it has IDE enhanced
 nevermind

I have another but the hard drive is larger. I don't know what it is. So I think it might work