--- Charlie Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >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. > > > It's funny but I low level-format Mac drives (on a PC) that won't > mount > with Drive Setup or with other Mac utilities. Once formatted by DOS > it can > be initialized. SCSI drives are attached to an Adaptec 2940UW PC > card and > reformatted by the card's own utilities (Control + A when prompted > at > startup). > > Since Drive Setup erases the drive's directory at initialization it > would > be redundant to use a PC utility to wipe it out first. > > Charlie
Show me a lowlevel formatted hard drive and give me a few minutes to get info of it. I use killdisk to erase ALL data. Low level just won't do that. I'm not saying it needs to be done, that's my procedure and it works. Since in an earlier email he already tried the drive setup it seemed worth a shot. __________________________________ 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
