on 03/9/21 8:23 AM, Mark D. Chapman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have recently acquired an old Jaz drive with 3 disks. Having been > told that one of the disks was wonky I set out to reformat it using > iomega's tools. The disk promptly failed to format 4 times. Not > surprisingly Apple's utility didn't recognize the disk. However, > after 3 tries Silverlining initialized the disk just fine. My > question is: > > Is there a problem using a non-iomega driver with the Jaz drive? > > I could reformat using iomega's utilities but, given my problems, I > would like to leave well enough alone. > > Mark > > P.S. If anybody has Jaz disks for sale really cheap I would be interested
If the disk is wonky then, as you said, "...leave (it) well enough alone". I'd trash the bad disk as it will certainly fail on you in the future (and you don't want that to happen especially when you've got files on it). I've had bad experiences with wonky SuperDisks where it failed to format at one point, formatted successfully the next, but then refused to load a few months later. If your other disks format fine then just stick with those. As a rule of thumb, it's always best to use the original formatting software that came with the drive. It will avoid problems down the road. It could have been just coincidence that Silverlining formatted it; maybe on the 8th try, using Iomega's tools, it might have formatted. -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Educational discounts are now available Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
