>Hello > > I have a Powermac 9500 (G3) Sonnett >I am looking for a little help on this. I have installed a 4gb hd (scsi) in >a tower case. I had initially formatted it using Silverlining Pro. I changed >my mind and decided I wanted to use an apple driver so I reinitialized it >using Apple's drive set-up. The program froze in the middle of the process. >I tried to repair it using FWB harddisk toolkit, it does not even show up on >the list of drives. >Using silverlining pro, the drive shows up and allows me to format it, but >when it gets near the end, I get an error message saying the drive cannot >completely be formatted. It will not allow me to install a driver because it >says there is no space available. >Any ideas on how to resurrect this drive or have I messed up and have to >trash the drive ? > >Thank You > >Colin
This is where a PC comes to the rescue. Mount it to one with a SCSI card and do low level format under DOS. If it completes the process Drive Setup will mount and initialize the drive. If it doesn't you'll have another paper weight. Charlie -- 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
