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Re: Low level initilization of disk....how long?
- Subject: Re: Low level initilization of disk....how long?
- From: Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>
- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 13:06:59 -0700
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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John Arnold wrote:
>
> Just hooked up my two new Medea 320 Gb SCSI drives. Couldn't do the normal
> initialize, so I've had to go to the "Low Level Initialize".
>
> Darn!
>
> Can't imagine that they're both broke/corrupted with bad sectors. Must be
> the size? I'm doing it with only 1 partition, as eventually they will be
> "striped" with my AVID (video editing) drive utility...
>
> But...
>
> It's been 1-1/2 hours since starting on the first drive....how long is this
> going to take?
>
> Thanks!
Well first you're in an Apple II, not a Mac newsgroup. You'd be better
posting to one of the comp.sys.mac groups.
If the 80gb drive I low level formatted a while back is any indication
then
you'll likely be done sometimes tommorrow.
Wayne