Open the Functions menu and choose Initialization Options. Open Drive Setup, select the startup disk, and click Initialize.
Start up your computer from the system software CD.
If you want to initialize your startup disk: Use the disk utility software provided by the disk's manufacturer instead of Drive Setup. If your hard disk is not an Apple hard disk:
#Mac initialize drive diskutil mac os#
If you format a hard disk with Mac OS Extended format, you can't use that disk with computers that use an earlier version of the Mac OS. Mac OS Standard format is compatible with all versions of the Mac OS Mac OS Extended is compatible only with Mac OS 8.1 or later. Note: When you initialize a disk, the Format pop-up menu gives you choices that include Mac OS Standard (HFS) and Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus). To initialize a hard disk, cartridge, or optical disk (not a CD), use Drive Setup (inside the Utilities folder on your hard disk). Initializing a hard disk, cartridge, or optical disk Select a format for the disc in the Format pop-up menu. Open the Special menu and choose Erase Disk. To initialize a DVD-RAM disc, follow these steps: 1
#Mac initialize drive diskutil driver#
If a drive is not connected to the computer, the Tools program may display an error message stating that the wrong driver version is installed. Make sure you have a Zip or Jaz drive connected to your computer. To initialize a Zip or Jaz disk, use the Iomega Tools program (which is inside a folder within the Apple Extras folder on your hard disk) and choose the utility appropriate for the type of drive you're using, such as USB or SCSI. Before initializing your disk, recover all the information you can and copy it onto another disk. WARNING: Initializing a disk erases all information on the disk. The hard disk inside your computer was initialized at the factory, so you should need to initialize it only if your hard disk is damaged and can't be repaired with Disk First Aid (or another disk repair program). Before you can use a new disk, you need to initialize (or format) the disk.
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