Not sure how much of the problem is related to the fact that the disc is probably still wired as a slave drive. You need to make sure the jumpers are selected for master drive.
Will --- Edward Klyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Last night I switched an 80 GB hard drive that was > in > an external enclosure with the 10 GB hard drive that > was in my 400mhz indigo iMac, in an attempt to cut > down on peripheral clutter. All went well, but when > I > started up the computer, from the startup CD, the > new > transplanted drive refused to mount. The new hard > drive by the way is an 80 GB IBM Deskstar 120 GXP, > which I already formatted in HFS+. > > The Apple System Profile was able to recognize the > hard drive, giving the vendor, revision, and serial > numbers, but it did not recognize any Mac Os > partitions. In addition, although it displayed the > size of the hard drive, it thinks that the disk is > empty, which it�s not. > > Drive Setup said that the disk could be initialized, > but it would not give the options of mounting the > disk, or updating the driver. > > What I would like to know is this; I there a way I > can > get the new disk to mount without losing the data on > the disk? > > Any help would be appreciated, TIA. > > > Ed K. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
