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New hard drive takes forever to mount
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oranjdisc
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Sep 24, 2006, 04:24 PM
 
I put a Maxtor 250GB HD in my new Mac Pro, and the drive takes forever to mount. I'm talking a good 60 seconds or so. Once it's mounted, everything is fine, and I can use the drive normally. But the first time I try to use it, I get the spinning beachball for a very long time.

I looked in Energy Saver, and the option for putting hard disks to sleep is turned off. Any ideas?
     
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Sep 24, 2006, 04:30 PM
 
Is it formatted NTFS or something weirder?
     
   
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