[BC] Re: Short/cut question?

[Glen Kippel]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Cowboy <curt at spam-o-matic.net> wrote:

>
>  Depends which version you have.
>  The old ones, used 1.2 gig SCSI drives, but later versions ( and mods
>  for the old ones ) adapted them to IDE drives.
>  The newest, I don't know. Haven't seen any in a while.
>
>  Don't remember what file system they use, but I know that I was able
>  to simply plug it into my Linux box, and just mount the drive.
>  Copy off whatever.
>  Not sure you can do that with Micro$oft without buying some proprietary
>  file system driver, if there even is one. Generally, M$ machines *require*
>  M$, and ONLY M$ stuff to work at all.
>
>  SO, the simple answer is to simply copy the contents from the old drive
>  to the new one, using some Linux box.
>
> ----------------

Yes, it is an IDE drive.  When I replaced a drive last year, the guy at 360
Systems said it is possible to just a new drive in, and it will prompt to
ask if you want to format it.  Perhaps this is a proprietary format?
Anyway, I have SpotMau Power Suite and can use Clone Magic to clone the
drive under Linux, but I wonder if I have to re-format it in the Short/cut,
thereby erasing everything on the drive.