>> How long should a low level format of a 160 Gig hard ATA Seagate drive >> take? >> My 6500 has been at it for 13 hours. The drive is suspect. >> >> Thanks, >> David >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > What are you using to format it? Why not stop and restart and see if > the Apple > Utility notices it as a drive in need of initializing? > > If so, it'll do that so you can have it mounted and then test it with > Norton. >
Well, I did stop it. Yes, it recognizes it and formats it. I can write to it. I am installing OS 8.6 on it and will try running it for a bit like that. What it did on the HP a420n is allowed me to do a system restore which is my only option for reinstalling a system without buying an OS. Gawd why do people by these boxes? But crashed during Windows XP Service Pack 2. And would not reboot. Again, this was a replacement sent by HP for what there support staff diagnosed as a bad hard drive. New update, maybe the damn thing is bad. The OS 8.6 install just said there is not enough room, says I need another 2485099K. That's on a 160 gig drive that the Mac formatted to 137.9 gig. Sounds like HP needs to send me another drive. Sorry for the OT. Would still like to know how long the LL format should have taken. Thanks, David -- 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
