Linda Hutcheson9/20/01 8:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED][wrote]

> jrclark wrote:
>> 
>> Boot from your OS disk.
>> Open the utilities folder.
>> In there you should find Drive setup.
>> Drive Setup gives you the option(S) of formating, partitioning, initializing
>> etc.
> 
> Tried this, I get as far as "Doing low level format... and it just spins and
> spins.
> 
> Linda

It took 4 hours for my computer to write zeros to a 30G HD.
After that, Drive Setup gave me all the options it has.
jr


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