--- Josh Keady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can test the drive itself, assuming you have a > SCSI card in the PC. > You will have to repartition and reformat the > drive in order to check > it without some special 3rd part utilities (that I'm > sure are quite > obscure as Win 9x/XP doesn't support HFS or HFS+) > As long as you don't > care about the drive's contents, you can go ahead > and format it as > FAT32 (Win 9x native format) and try some large > read/write activity (or > Scan Disk) with the PC, then put it in the Mac and > reformat it as HFS or HFS+.
I've found it very quick to FDISK and FORMAT drives as FAT16 then move to the Mac and Erase to HFS, or do FAT32 then Erase to HFS+. The "under structure" of the formats is very close, close enough that the Erase command takes care of any changes very quickly. ===== "You never have to repair or replace what you leave out of the design." William "Bill" Powell Lear, inventor of the 8-Track tape and the Learjet. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
