on 2/10/04 9:54 AM, rbtbcm at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > John Nowlen writes: > >> I am trying to upgrade my Power Center Pro to Mac OS 8.5. It has a 2 gig SCSI >> drive. I am getting the message from the installer that the hard disk driver >> cannot be updated because it was formatted by a non-Apple disk utility. Is >> there a source for these updaters short of buying the latest FWB Hard Disk >> Utility? >> >> John
Some folks who reported here to click cancel (or something) and proceed with installation without updating the hard disk driver. (As Robert said, you can search the archives for previous discussions; the link appears below.) Meanwhile, LowEndMac.com offers this: "DriveSetup 1.3 and later is compatible with many third-party drives (requires 68040 or PPC). See our compatibility list:" http://www.lowendmac.com/drivesetup.shtml Mind, it's likely that DriveSetup can't update the driver since the drive was formatted with a non-Apple disk utility. But it might enable you to reformat/initialize your drive (wipe it and start over). Of course, you should up your drive before erasing it. (If you ever wanted a second, larger hard drive, this would be a swell time to pick one up; install it, format it with DriveSetup, copy the data from your old drive onto it, then reformat your old drive and install 8.5 on it -- or on both drives.) Whatever you do, if you get to 8.5, you will probably want to update it to at least 8.5.1 or, maybe better yet, 8.6. Find updaters here: http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Eng lish-North_American/Macintosh/System/ -- Chuck -- 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> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
