Re: FN-FORUM: MAC G3 hard drive replacement

date posted 16th August 2005 15:40

I'd suggest deleting the partition altogether. don't format it. and
let the install cd deal with creating the partition and formatting.
failing that, check ebay for a drive that's come out of a mac.

/rob

On 16 Aug 2005 14:10:07 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED]
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> Hi,
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> I usually lurk in the background, but have a rather desperate question
> today. On my G3 blue & white Mac (not the I-MAC), the hard drive has just
> decided to crash on me - totally gone.
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> I've found a working IDE Hard Drive in my storage, decided to take the ol=
d
> one out and put a formatted replacement HD in. When I try and boot from t=
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> CD, it runs the OS from the CD, but doesn't recognize the Hard Drive. So
> when I try to install the operating system it goes up to "select destinat=
ion
> drive" and that's it - there is no destination drive.
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> Any ideas why? Or what I can do? Please?
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> Thank you
> Gina
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