"Mark A. Kippert" wrote:
>
> Laurent Daudelin on 12/11/00 11:07 AM wrote:
>
> > In the process of preparing my stuff for sale, I decided to format the
> > Fujitsu (Apple OEM) 4.3 GB drive in my Duo 2300c, because I wanted to
> > sell it separately. I selected the zero writing options in the
> > initialization options in Drive Setup, and proceeded with the
> > format/initialization.
>
> Laurent,
>
> A while back I bought a Maxtor 13gig IDE drive for a desktop Mac. One of the
> warning I got from someone was not to do a low-level format of the drive as
> this could render it "unseeable" by the Mac. Seem like it wipes out drivers
> or does something to block zero but I can't recall exactly as it's been a
> while.
>
> I was told that when I installed it and booted up (from an install CD) that
> once I came to the desktop (finder) I would get the usual message that this
> drive is unrecognizable by the Mac, do you want to initialize? At that point
> I was told to initialize from that dialog box (extended format of course)
> and it would set the drive up correctly. Everything worked as stated.
>
> I did the same thing recently with the new Toshiba 6GIG I got for my
> PowerBook. When I got to the finder after booting from the CD I got the
> message and Initialized from that dialog. Everything is working perfectly.
>
> That warning just sticks in my mind about not doing a low level format on an
> IDE drive that is not made specifically for the Mac.
>
> You may need to find someone with a Windoze laptop and have them reformat
> it. Then put it back in your PowerBook and initialize it as described above.
>
Mark,
First of all, just to make things clear, I didn't do a low level format.
That option was disabled from the initialization options in Drive Setup.
I checked the write zeroes (or something like that) option only.
If what you're saying is true, even with the write zero option, that's a
real bummer. I don't have any "real" friend with a Windoze laptop. And
if I had one, that would mean I would have to ask him to remove it's
current drive, stick mine in, then try to boot off from a CD or a
floppy? I understand the situation I put myself into, but I don't know
how I could find someone who would let me play in his laptop's
internals... I might be able to use a laptop here, at work, but the
thought of screwing something is scaring me the most!
-Laurent.
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