I burned a copy of my System Folder (and the contents of my hard drive) using Disk Copy , and then Toast 5.1.
I don't see any reason a 24x drive should be doing that at all. It just hangs. Heck, even my OS X disk hangs. --- Nancy Haitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I can read CDs with no problem. I can play music > CDs, > >> but not hear them because of the audio cable. The > >> audio cable fits my other Panasonic CD-ROM drive, > but > >> not the Apple one. > >> Everything's fine except when I try to boot. THen > the > >> thing hangs. > >> > > Does it really hang or is it just slow to boot from > the CD? > > We put one of the older Apple ROMed CD drives in our > C600 a few years > back. The speed of the Apple drive is something > like 4X or 6X. It is > painfully slow in booting from a CD. It is even > slower when mounting > one of the CDs that come with the various magazines > like Mac Addict and > Mac Format. > > You should be able to tell if it is just slow by > listening (you can > usually hear the CD drive spinning) and by watching > the CD drive's > access lights. If the lights are blinking it is > still reading. > > However, I might be all wrong, and that may not be > the problem. > > Nancy > > > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > ===== "Tomboys don't wear pink.." -jal __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
