In a message dated 1/23/03 2:58:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << In addition to my previous post I meant to ask whether I would be looking for lotsa trouble trying to reformat a new but previously PC formatted IDE drive to Mac? Are they even interchangeable? (Remember, I am clueless ;-) >>
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