Hello: HDT says: no valid partition map, you must initialize, etc. So it's dead, is it? Could it be a corrupt driver that's blocking the write function ? It's my first ever dead HDD. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 12/18/02 12:56:55 AM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << > The WD Apple ROM 1.6 Gig spins up fine, but does not > mount in any OS > (incl.10). ... It's an IDE, of course ... > >> > > To paraphrase DeForest Kelly in ST:TOS, "It's dead, > Jim". > > Your WD may indeed be Apple-branded, but there is > nothing unique about the > ROM in your 3.5" EIDE/UATA drive which would prevent > formatting with Drive > Setup. > > OTOH, 2.5" EIDEs DID have a unique ROM, if they were > Apple-branded.
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