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Article #48069Re: SCSI hard drive question
From: Brian Paul Ehni
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 23:19
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 23:19
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On 4/5/05 8:35 AM, in article vuw4e.1138$5F3.702@news-server.bigpond.net.au, "pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote: > > Hi all! :) > > I bought a 9.1 gig SCSI hard drive for my PowerMac 7300/180, but when I > ran Drive Setup, and cliked on the drive, I got the message - > > 'Cannot modify a disk with non 512 byte sectors' > > and the initialize button is greyed out so I cannot initialize it. Does > this mean that I cannot use this drive? Or is there some way around this? > > TIA, > Sounds like you've got a drive formatted in a way Mac's don't understand. Also, it is likely that your drive is not supported by Apple's Drive Setup, which means you need a third-party solution. Try looking for LaCie "Silverlining" or FWB's HD Toolkit. -- Brian Ehni
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