Why does formatting a new (super-fast SATA) hard drive take FOREVER? So far, it’s been going for about an hour.
I wiped and reinstalled Tiger on an old G4 Mac mini last week in less time than this is taking just to format, and the mini has a slooooow 4200rpm laptop IDE drive in it.
Yeah, I could do a quick format, but since this drive arrived in the smashed up box from yesterday’s post, I thought I’d best do a full format to make sure it isn’t damaged.
You should have installed zxSpin on it. It’s the fastest harddisk formatter in existence…