On 10/15/08 6:37 AM, Glen McKnight of [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent > On 15 Oct 2008, at 03:09, dorayme wrote: > > > I stuck an unwanted but good 60GB IDE HD from my G4 Mac (that was > running Tiger fine) in my PC (which runs Win 2000 but the idea is to > run XP on this second 60GB drive) but it simply would not see it. > Never even showed up in My Computer. Thank God in a way because I > have not quite got a clue how to format it on a Winbox anyway, I was > kind of hoping a message would come up and say "tis disk cannot be > read, wanna format it? And I would then click a button that says Yes. > But I dream ahead... > > I am thinking to rip open my FW external case (used as BU for my > Mac), and yank out the 320GB job in there and temporarily stick in > the 60GB and reformat it as FAT32 and then see if the PC will see it. > What a fuss! Anyone got any better idea please? > > (I use a PC for only one thing and that is to see what websites look > like on IE 6, 7 and now 8. I should get an Intel Mac, I know but > there seems to be some horrible sticky stuff on my wallet and I just > can't seem to yank it out of my back pocket no matter how hard I > try... <g>) > > -- > dorayme > > > Hi there > > Why not stick it back in the Mac and format it there, there is an > option to format as PC. > > Have Fun > > Glen
Hi Glen, Yes, formatting an additional drive on a PC is pretty goofy; it is not hard once you know where to go, but even a modest search of "format hard drive" at the Microsoft website gives a one a very quick trip to the Twilight Zone - it's like MS does not want a novice to know this. Boot up Windoze normally, go to "Start" then "Run", and type in the command "compmgmt.msc" (without the parentheses) and it will mount a hidden utility that would be MS's version of Disk Utility. There the offending 60Gig drive will be seen and able to be re-formatted. Hope this helps. Best regards, Dana --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
