Hmm. That would worry me too. None of your tools shows anything wrong with that drive? If not, I wouldn't worry.
Gary Tina Holm wrote: > At 7:15 -0600 10/01/03, Gary D. Adams wrote: > >Well, then the next question is have you optimized the drive? If you > >have Diskwarrior or Norton, try those. Otherwise back up the data, > >because it sounds like a hard drive wanting to die. > > Did the back-up first :-) It's still running, and no tick-tock today. But > then I'm running of the new one. NBone of my utilities seem to want to > report anything but the usual file stuff. > > The new hd seems faster but it's not the exact same model, so I guess I > can't derive anything from that. > > What worries me about the new hd is this (from my original post): > > >2. My first attempt to format the new hd turned out really weird, with a > >warning message (sorta DOS'sy looking) came up and said something like > >"initializationwarning**2", and there was no close box, no ok button, no > >nothing, - had to force-quit Disktools. I just launched it again, > >partitioned and formatted without a glitch. > >Should I worry about that? > > TIA > Tina > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
