12gb Maxtor? will it work?

[M4ca]

k this is what happened


i sold my computer motherboard/case to my friend for 130, with a dvd drive and a surround sound card... so i went to eb games a few days later to buy a used ps2 because of this whole HD loader, i havnt read much but i go tthe gist of it... like only ps2 games, no games on burned dvds unless mod chiped ect.
so i go to this guy whos been doing modding for 11 years he inspected it before i went with a chip (when i bought it used, it was a version 4) he said that the laser was going to die soon because of some clicking noise.. so i was like, ok. he told me to go back to ebgames and see if i can get another used one or pay like the remainder for a new one. when i bought the used one i traded in some games to get the network adapter (40 bucks ) anyway i had waranty on the uses ps2 and the guy immidienty went to the back of the store pulled out a version 10, (which he said the weak laser problem was fixed by sony) out of a new box and controller and power plug and put it in the used box... so basicly i got version 10 ps2 for 119.
now my qustion is with a modded ps2 (messiah) can i use a 12 gb hard drive that i pulled out of a broken down Imac (imac stuff still on HD,) and if so does HD loader have a format tool i can use? and one more qustion. my friend burned me a copy of HDloader but he said it was labeled as a free version? are their any diffrences from this free version and the actual HD Loader?
Thanks

[b081]

12GB would probably work (my 20GB works), but the system partitions will occupy something like 3GB, and, the most important - the HDD *should fit* the network adapter and the empty space Sony left for the HDD itself.

[sephy1024]

I would use a 12gb as a tempory drive or for testing then upgrde to a bigger drive soon
The free version is identical to the original (they just removed a few copy protection routines) and it will automatically ask you if you want to format when you start it up (if it detects the hd)

[M4ca]

ok thanks, yea i am gonna use it as temp.

[Cooldy]

My 20GB maxtor works fine, so I think 12GB would also work.

[dog2525]

i just bought a brand new maxtor 60 gig (Cheap)and i have no problems.

[turde01]

i got a 10 gig seagate, seems to work, but shows up as a 9 gig, also does not seem to run some of the games that are supposedly compatible

[b081]

I've deleted all default partitions but "__mbr" and so far everything works fine. I saved about 2Gigs, BTW.

[espy]

Go to ps2drives.x-pec.com/ and see if your drive has been tested. But even if it is tested as not working, sometimes it will, sometimes it won't. Kind of a crapshoot.

[kardon]

may i know how you guys connect your unofficial hdd?
via usb or that port behind ps2?