> From: Jesse Stanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 16:00:47 -0700 > To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: 30 gb = 9 mb? > >>> i just got a 30 gig quantum IDE drive (ebay, ugh!) for my beige g3, & it >>> shows up on drive setup (os 7.6, 8.0, 8.5, 9.1, 10.0), but as a 9 mb disk! >>> is the disk bad? is there a partition in there that's lying to my computer >>> about the size? i've tried everything i can think of, & am going insane. >>> please help!!! >>> >>> TIA, >>> >>> omar >> >> I had a similair problem with a 10 gig IBM, and I considered it >> broken, it happened after I tried to install a wacom drawing table >> that I got from an ad, the filestructure on all my disks was >> somewhat disrupted, but the 10 gig was 24 mb no matter what, try >> reformat ? >> lovek >> -- >> > If a reformat would prove to be successful, then I would think that > the "zero all data" and "low level format" options should prove > useful. IT will take alot longer to reformat, but that way you know > you have no old data on the HD and all the sectors will have been > verified.
i've tried that, but it will only low level format the first 9 mb! -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
