Format Hard Drive

Original Message

Name: mattbvd
Date: March 30, 2007 at 10:15:36 Pacific
Subject: Format Hard Drive
OS: 9.0
CPU/Ram: G3

Comment:

Does anyone know how to format a hard drive for Mac OS 9? I have a secondary hard drive that I want to wipe and start fresh.

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Response Number 1

Name: zoddy
Date: March 30, 2007 at 11:52:41 Pacific
Subject: Format Hard Drive

Reply: (edit)

Use the Drive setup program. Its usually in the applications folder, utilities folder. IF you dont have it, you may have to find it on the OS9 installation CD.

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Response Number 2

Name: dominicus
Date: March 31, 2007 at 05:57:28 Pacific
Subject: Format Hard Drive

Reply: (edit)

The mac os9 equivelent of a PC format is in the 'options'
or advanced tab in drive setup - I cant remember what
its called offhand, but it'a a button that when pressed has
two options, zero all data, and 'do a low level format'. Can
take a very long time tho, as it rebuilds the drive tables
one sector at a time!
It's usually not neccesary though, as 'erase disk' from the
finder special menu works fine..all it does is erase the file
information on the disk, but that's usually enough..it's still
blank.

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