In a message dated 2/1/03 4:06:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<< Additionally, I want to backup data from the other two partitions, so 

that I can reformat the drive as one partition. When I attempt to copy 

data to another firwire drive, I get drive erros. Does this portend 

something more sinister than a corrupt directory, like an immenent 

hardware failure?


Thanks for this great list,


Warren Bowman >>

If you are trying to back up huge amounts of data at once, I would first 
backup data to your  boot drive, then to the second backup firewire drive in 
smaller parcels. See if this helps.
Tom

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