--- You wrote: No. If you can see the drive, you don't need to initialize it. --- end of quote --- If it is a new drive and you hang it on the ata card, you initialize it in the normal way. Whatever utility you use will put the correct Mac drivers on the drive. If you are moving a card with valuable data on it from the motherboard to the new card, it isn't quite that simple.
I spent weeks trying to figure out why a drive originally formatted on the motherboard bus wouldn't perform properly on my new ATA card even though it looked fine on the desktop and files usually read correctly. But I couldn't copy large files to it without getting errors. It all looked good, but it wasn't. I backed up everything and reinstalled and it has been fine since. Hard Drive Speed Tools will automatically offer to install the correct drivers on a drive moved from the motherboard to the card without affecting data. Quick and easy. This is supposed to work but I seem to remember having problems with it mostly due to the version of HDST I'm stuck with. Members of this list have reported good results, however. That ATA card breathes new life into our old computers. For example, I use iDVD. If the iDVD file is on the 7200rpm drive attached to my motherboard, I get errors while burning, but the drives on the ATA card work fine! Rich -- 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
