Hi,

My computer is a 8600 with a G3 450 processor and I'm running OS 9.1.

I just recently obtained a new external Firewire 120 Gig HD and got the
system to initialize it but when I try copying something to it the copying
stops/freezes after a few files and I'm forced re-boot.

Which would be the best application to initialize/format the drive?

I'm assuming that is the problem although FWB (4.5.2) did a successful
read/write performance check, the copying trouble started after I tried
to use Norton (6) to do a performance check but it came up complaining
about the drive becoming disconnected or some such thing and froze forcing
me to re-boot. I hadn't tried copying anything to it prior to using either
Norton or FWB.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Brian