Apple powermac g3 blue.white Service Manual

 

 Troubleshooting

General/HFS Plus Formatted Drives - 27

 

verify whether or not the customer may have used the wrong disk 

repair software for their drive before assuming that the problem 

is hardware related. 

If you experience problems with a hard drive that has been 

formatted with HFS Plus, Apple Computer recommends using the 

version of Disk First Aid included on the system software CD that 

shipped with the unit. 

Some other disk utility and disk locking programs are 

incompatible with Mac OS Extended format. Before you attempt to 

use a disk utility or disk locking program, make sure the version 

you have is compatible with Mac OS Extended format. Check the 

documentation that came with the program or contact the 

manufacturer or the vendor that supplied the program.

Use the Get Info command in Mac OS 8.5 to determine how a hard 

drive has been formatted. Drives formatted with HFS will appear 

as “Mac OS Standard”, while drives formatted with HFS Plus will