On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 22:19:59 -0500, John McGibney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 2/1/04 3:30 PM, PCI PowerMacs at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> What I want to know is how can I access this hard drive to rebuild, or >> reformat if the darn thing freezes when it is installed regardless of >> how I >> try to boot? >> >> Help, >> David >> It's not clear from your original post as to whether you have the HD in question set as a master or slave?? maybe use your old 4GB disc as the master and see if that helps. Failing that, if the 'bad' disc works in a PC, use the PC to do a low level format and completely erase then do a full sweep with a disc repair utility before adding it back to the mac as a slave disc and re-installing the OS. HTH Andy -- 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
