on 04.08.2004 20:05, jack law at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to hook an external usb harddrive with a > maxtor 160 gb drive in a usb enclosure. I want to > transfer some video amd music files from a PC -- yes, > I know the USB is extremely slow -- to my S900, which > is currently running 9.1 with a pci usb card. When > the external drive is plugged into the S900 it reads > the drive okay, but when I try to do a PC data format, > it only reads 24 gbs. I have tried formatting the > drive on the PC with windows XP, but the S900 will > only wants to initialize or eject the external drive. > Is there a way to format the drive using the full > capacity and allow both machines to read it?
Hi Jack, As Ken has mentioned, be sure that you are formatting using FAT32. I know that neither OSX nor OS 9 can read NTFS. You might try partitioning the drive in half. Definitely do it on the Wintel box. I don't believe I was ever able to satisfactorily format a hard drive with FAT32 under OS 9, only Zip disks and floppies. HTH, paul -- Paul F. Henegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
