If you can't find the drive, you have a road of hell in front of you. I've found it sometimes impossible to retrieve a drive with what seems to me to be a corrupted disk driver.
I was able to get a really tough drive to be recognized by installing it into a PC and having the PC format the drive. OSX is also rather adept at handling problem hard disks. -Rob <quote who="William Smith"> > Thank you David and Robyn. > > Robyn: I see and hear about the formatting and then > they show up on the monitor-but no one had said how > you format a drive you can't find. > > That's the problem. Drive Setup, and I have several > versions, can't find the ATA HD. > > David: Updating the drivers. You say 'Update Driver' > is in the Drive Setup app. I open up Utilities, then > Drive Setup, and it immediately goes looking for the > drives. Where is the 'Update Driver'? Bill Smith -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> 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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
