jrclark wrote:
>
> 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
This is only a 4.5G drive. Did you get a progress bar?
Linda
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