Fluxstringer wrote:
Thanks, that was a good suggestion. I went through the reload process and used extended this time. Right off the bat the difference was obvious, I picked up what seemed like a couple of gigs just loading the os. Out of 38 formatted I had something like 36 and change left the first time using normal formatting. Under extended it showed 37 and change. I forget the numbers exactly but it was a huge difference.Glad it's working Brian.
Before you put much on the drive you might consider reformatting it " extended" .
That would be HFS+ formatting and allow more files on the disk and faster searches as it is more efficient.
Most noticeable now is the absolute lack of noise from the 3400. The samsung drive is silent, and much faster. This is a much recommended change for anyone who wants to tinker. It would have gone much quicker if I'd remembered that 9.1 won't boot but 8.5 will.
The OT question is : What does everyone name their hard drives and/or computers on your network? I figure with the creative crowd here in Powerbooks there might be some pretty neat names for drives/computers out there. Mine have names such as Waldo, Dude, Bubba, Buddy, Bedmac, Kathjam, and, my favorite, Bobomb (from the Mario games). Any cool ones in the ether?
BM
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