I wrote that before Vanessa revealed that the OS 7.6.1 installation "was done over 4 years ago and the machine has run flawlessly up to now." :-)
Older OS versions would either let you do an "easy instal" or customize. If you choose customize you get a list a Macs that you could select from. That leads me to believe that different code is loaded for different Macs. No?
Very good point, thank you John. Its a screen I use alot and I should have known better.
The best way to format a mac drive is with a pc and it doesn't take forever and a day to do, if you have access to a pc with a scsi card then nuke the drive completely, test it with real formatting tools and the initalize on the mac.
Fascinating! How does a PC format differ from an Apple one? What tools would you use on a PC? Could you bring it down a level and be more specific than "nuke the drive", so we can learn something?
First thing that springs to mind is the fact you can see progress, there is no question as to whether the formatting has hung. You see where disk errors have occured and any pattern, from any pattern you can determin the life of the drive. One is not left in the dark after a extended period of inactivity.
The programs you would use are many and varied, the pc you use may add its own limits or advantages. The nanny will not be happy if I proceed.
"Nuke the drive" is the same, more or less to "nuke and pave" a very mac comment. Format the disk to remove the "Apple" partitions, thats 4? tiny ones that hold the info the mac needs to talk to the drive and where I feel the trouble is in Vanessa's case, along with everything else and start again from a raw drive.
The cart is now before the horse as any talk of formatting should be left until a disk tools floppy atleast has been run. The fact that the drive appears to be read is a good sign it can be saved. If the drive can't be accessed the mac would show a flashing "?" While I will not offer Diskworrier I can offer nortons if all else fails, floppies are good.
I'm a truck driver, I dont teach. ;)
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