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An Overview of Hard Disk ToolKit• PE
Hard Disk ToolKit• Personal Edition is a powerful application that formats and partitions
SCSI and IDE storage devices. Formatting and partitioning are data-destructive procedures —
any previously existing data on the storage device will be irrevocably erased. Back up all
valuable data before using HDT• PE . Read this chapter and Chapter 4, Using Hard Disk
ToolKit•PE , in the online manual before attempting any operations such as formatting or
partitioning.
Hard Disk ToolKit• Personal Edition is a fully functional disk manage-
ment utility software for SCSI and IDE storage systems for the Power
Macintosh/Macintosh. Use Hard Disk ToolKit• PE as a standard format-
ting utility for all single-disk drives and removable media drives.
Hard Disk ToolKit• PE :
• Displays all peripheral devices across all SCSI and IDE buses in one
convenient window
IDE is also known as ATA. The terms IDE and ATA are interchangeable.
• Supports Fast & Wide SCSI-2 and SCSI-3 technology (connect up to 15
devices on an installed Fast & Wide SCSI-2 bus)
• Creates, deletes, and modifies partitions on SCSI and IDE disk devices
• Mounts and unmounts partitions
• Updates and/or installs device drivers
• Tests disk devices for defects
• Provides password protection to volumes
Figure 7.2: The HDT•PE application icon.
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