At 6:21 PM + 10/27/2008, Liam Proven wrote:
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>A hard disk can't be used "raw". It must be partitioned first, then
>the /partition/ is formatted and that's where your data goes.
One *formats* a drive. Usually this is done at the factory. The
last step of which is to lay down a partition ma
At 2:01 PM -0700 10/27/2008, PeterH wrote:
>On Oct 27, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Dan wrote:
> > One *formats* a drive. Usually this is done at the factory. The
>> last step of which is to lay down a partition map (Apple or GID), and
>> create (non-mountable) partitions to contain drivers and such.
>
On Oct 27, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Dan wrote:
>> A hard disk can't be used "raw". It must be partitioned first, then
>> the /partition/ is formatted and that's where your data goes.
>
> One *formats* a drive. Usually this is done at the factory. The
> last step of which is to lay down a partition ma
2008/10/27 Amanda Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Hi All...
>
> I've been using some USB drives (Flash and "Real" Hard Discs) and
> something caught my attention. In disc utility a USB drive has 2
> entries... the first shows the drive with the manufacturer's name
> ie... Hitachi and it has a MS-DOS
Hi All...
I've been using some USB drives (Flash and "Real" Hard Discs) and
something caught my attention. In disc utility a USB drive has 2
entries... the first shows the drive with the manufacturer's name
ie... Hitachi and it has a MS-DOS FAT Volume Format, the second entry
seems to be
