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Old 5th August 2006   #11
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Originally Posted by ToddF
OWC Mercury Elite and Lacie D2 have been good for us. We have probably used 50 of them between both brands.

Format with Disc Utilities OS Extended, non journaled and you will be good to go.

Backup always,

Todd
Todd, I just got an OWC Mercury Elite. Haven't even taken it out of the box yet. Just curious, why do you recommend formatting as non journaled drive? Thanks!

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