On Dec 12, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Amanda Ward wrote:
> Hi All, > > I just bought a Maxtor 250GB USB2/Firewire 400 external drive... > Connected > via USB. I want to format (erase) it as Mac OS. The format fails, > saying I > don’t have the permission to do so. Ah... I have an administrator > account, > so why? Some external drives have a write-protect switch. Have you tried repartitioning the drive? Also, run disk repair on it, it might simply be broken. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
