Apple 600 series manual Reinitializing your computer’s internal hard disk

Reinitializing your computer’s internal hard disk

You initialize your internal hard disk using a program called Internal HD Format, which is on the Utilities floppy disk that came with your computer. If your computer came with a CD-ROM drive and you didn’t receive floppy disks, you can find Internal HD Format on the Macintosh Performa CD.

1 Start up your computer from the Utilities floppy disk or the Macintosh Performa CD.

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See “Starting Up From a CD-ROM Disc” or “Starting Up From a Floppy Disk” in the section “Repairing a Damaged Disk,” earlier in this chapter.

Click the Internal HD Format Launcher button once (if you are using the Macintosh Performa CD) or double-click the Internal HD Format icon (if you are using the Utilities floppy disk) to open it.

Type a name for your hard disk in the name box.

If you want to make sure that none of the hard disk’s original information is recognizable after reinitialization, choose Zero Out Data from the Options menu.

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If you choose Zero Out Data, initialization may take a few minutes. (If you don’t choose Zero Out Data, initialization will take less than 30 seconds.)

Click Initialize.

A message informs you that initializing the disk erases all information on it.

Click OK.

During initialization, a status bar shows you the progress of the initialization.

When the initialization is complete, click Done.

If a message reports that initialization failed, try again. If initialization fails a second time, take the disk to your Apple-authorized service provider for repair.

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