[Helpdesk] need to borrow external firewire harddrive asap

Andrew Main handymac at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 15 10:01:19 MST 2006


As I said, I've been seeing a lot of discussion of LaCie drives on  
MacInTouch; maybe you can find something useful there:
<http://www.google.com/custom?q=lacie&sa=Google+Search&cof=S%3Ahttp%3A 
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Can your Mac start in OS 9, and try reformatting there?

I could take a look at it if you wish.

Andrew Main
989-8990

On Feb 15, 2006, at 9:21 AM, Edwin L. Crow wrote:

> Cannot reformat.  Tried.  The disk is read only and I cannot seem  
> to do anything.
>
> Ed
>
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> On Feb 15, 2006, at 9:15 AM, Andrew Main wrote:
>
>> Can you reformat it in Disk Utility? No sense using a Windoze NT  
>> formatted drive with a Mac.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I have seen a lot of reports of problems with  
>> LaCie's full-size (not portable) desktop d2 drives; apparently the  
>> power supplies fail, sometimes incrementally, causing speed  
>> fluctuations, which can render the drive unusable.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> On Feb 15, 2006, at 8:54 AM, Edwin L. Crow wrote:
>>
>>> I purchased a used LaCie external drive.  It is read only on my  
>>> mac system 10.4.5.  Drive is formated to Windows NT.  I cannot  
>>> seem to get to be read/write.  Suggestions.
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>> ______________________________
>>> Edwin L. Crow, Ph.D.
>>> YATOKA Associates, Inc.
>>> 11 Arroyo Pequeno
>>> Santa Fe, NM 87506
>>> or
>>> P.O. Box 911
>>> Santa Fe, NM 87504-0911
>>>
>>> Phone: (505) 820-2444
>>> Cell: (505) 577-5222
>>> Fax: (505) 989-9557
>>> Email: EdCrow at YATOKA.com
>>>
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>>> Associates, Inc.,
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