I've used PC hard drives many times in Macs before. My procedure is while in the PC I use a free program that erases everything from the platters. http://www.killdisk.com I do not format it on the PC once it's erased it's "dead." I then place it in the Mac and use The Drive setup disk that came with my 6500/250 to reinitialize my disk, since it's been zeroed it's old data doesn't conflict with this procedure. Install OS and voila you should be able to use your 60gb HD on your Mac.
Good luck!! --- Andy G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ -- 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
