on 8/27/02 10:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm particularly interested in knowing specific steps that some of you use for > complete reformatting/setting up drives. Feedback based on experience is > appreciated.
I concur with previous remarks that if Apple's Drive Setup will properly format your drive (it formatted my 9 gig Seagate Barracuda SCSI drives just fine), you're well off because it is 1) free and 2) causes fewer conflicts with OS upgrades. As for diagnostic and repair utilities, I keep the full fleet on hand: Disk Warrior, TechTool Pro, TechTool Lite, Norton Utilities and Disk First Aid (yes, it actually can fix something, on very rare occasions). Disk Warrior is the first tool I'll use if things seem to be going awry. TechTool Pro comes in next if Disk Warrior failed (which isn't often). I prefer Norton's Speed Disk tool to Disk Warrior and TechTool's defragmenting utilities, simply because Norton does it in a fraction of the time, and seemingly well. TechTool Lite is very handy for desktop rebuilding and PRAM zapping. An OS 9.x version of Disk First Aid fixed one thing that I can recall -- a rather rare situation where one folder contained thousands of files, if I recall correctly. (This was on a machine that maintained a large database of text documents.) -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
