--- flawed jai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > william-- > if i were encountering this, i would drop back to > the last known good > componenets and eliminate what i could of the > questions. > you say you swapped out the HD for a bigger one and > now the machine > says it's not a mac HD. that's pretty clear, but > since you're baffled > with the new floppy drive (? am I understanding you > right? you did say > the machine doesn't like the new floppy drive) > i would drop back to the previous known working > hard drive, and then re > test your new floppy drive and cable with it in the > machine.
The floppy isn't new. It worked in a 170 but won't work in a 160. > > my suspicions are, that you have unwittingly > replaced the old HD > formatted for mac, with a new bigger one formatted > for a PC. just > because they might have the same pin connectors > doesn't mean they are > formatted for the same kind of machine. No. It was the HD from the 170 and it's formatted with 7.5.3 > > same for floppy drive, tho the pin connectors are > more likely to be > obviously consistent with the machine they are > meant go with. > i think you are going to find that your new floppy > drive works fine > with the old HD. i think the new HD is PC formatted > and if you want to > save anything that's on it, you're going to have to > move that data off > the HD and save it using PC technology before you > reformat your bigger > HD and bring it into Mac service. It's not a PC drive. Thanks, William ===== <http://www.artaudsociety.com> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
