Marc Sira on 12/11/00 3:00 PM wrote:
> This is simply not true. A driver installer utility (Drive Setup,
> HDT, Anubis, etc) can see the drive if it's present and functioning;
> it doesn't need a driver or any particular contents. Indeed, that's
> the whole point. The Finder can't see any disk volumes until the disk
> is partitioned by one of those utilities, though. Drive Setup itself
> "wipes out drivers and does something to block zero".
>
> Second, there is no way to do a low-level format on an IDE drive -
> the drive has no concept of it (unlike a SCSI drive). This is why the
> option is dimmed in Drive Setup. The most you can do is write zeros
> to every block, which is probably a waste of time unless you've just
> bought a new blank drive and want to test it for bad blocks (and
> there are better ways to do that too). Drive Setup will always
> rewrite any or all of block zero, the partition table, and the
> contents of the driver partitions when you do something to the disk
> anyway.
>
> Offhand it sounds like Laurent's disk has simply kicked the bucket.
No doubt you're correct, I'm simply relaying advice I was given concerning
the installation of an IDE drive. It sounded logical at the time as I had
never done a IDE install. I wish I could recall the specifics.
Seems odd though that Laurent's new drive would pick that moment to kick the
bucket. Of course since it is new perhaps there is a warranty he could fall
back on. Even if he's not the original purchaser some manufacturers will
repair or replace a drive based on it's manufacture date and warranty
period. A company I worked for had a LaCie Tsunami drive that had crapped
out after 3 years. It then spent a year in a drawer. I suggested it could be
replaced but I could not find proof of purchase. But since it had a 5 year
warranty it was replaced for free. Good folk at LaCie.
How does a drive make it's presence know to a computer? I've found that even
a bad drive can still show up even if there's nothing you can do to save it.
-makmac
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