in the past i have intentionally low-level formatted hard drives, then connected them to a PC (the heresy!) and used windows' disk management utility to partition and format.
once it is PC-formatted, then disk utility (on the tiger or panther install disk) will recognize it and allow you to format it for the mac. ken On Jan 24, 6:19 pm, "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio" <fluxstrin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Wm. Arnold <w_arn...@att.net> wrote: > > Hi experts, > > I did a dumb thing, I wiped the hard drive > > of this computer instead of writing all 0's. > > Now I can't reload an operating system. > > I have tried several ways including using > > an external DVD reader. > > I want to reload Mac OS10.3.2 Panther > > & then OSX10.4 Tiger, both of which I have. > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Wm. in Bay Village, Ohio > > > _______________________________________________________ > > If you low-level formatted it it is now a paper weight. Just forget it and > get another. > > I am speaking from experience as I have done this and had others do it to my > drives as well. > > Best to forgive and forget. Drives are relatively cheap. > The data may have been precious. But was it precious enough to back up? > In my case well . . . . i was just in a hurry ! > > -- > Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer > fluxstrin...@gmail.comhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringerhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunicationshttp://flux-influx.blogspot.com/http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
