Re: Q: Apple High & RamFast SCSI cards...

[danb@pro-newton.cts.com (Dan Brown)]

In <Pine.3.07.9401091953.A6691-a100000@cap.gwu.edu>
dpfarrer@CAP.GWU.EDU (Daniel Pfarrer) writes:

>I'd like to switch from a Apple High Speed SCSI card to a RamFast 1MB
>card, hmm.. if i did just switch the two, would the current data on my hd
>need to be re-formatted & will it be lost??? Has anyone ever done this before?

        No, no, and yes.  No reformatting is necessary, and your data will be
in good shape.  However, if the drive isn't already formatted at a 1:1
interleave, you'll want to back up the data, reformat the drive at 1:1, and
restore it.

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