"Disk initialization failed because the disk is locked!"

bluesignsbluesigns
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
"Disk initialization failed because the disk is locked!"





backstory:

i used the enclosure from a DVD-RAM firewire drive.

i put a 160GB Maxtor ATA drive in it.



it still wasn't mounting the drive under OS9.1 on my G4 tower.



so i plugged it into the Powerbook running OS9.1 and it recognized the drive, let me format it, but would NOT let me partition it ! [unsupported device]



i booted a tower partition into Jaguar and WAS able to partition the drive with "disk utility".



i booted the tower into yet another partition with OS9.2.2 and it recognized everything fine.



booting into 9.1 on the powerbook = now everything fine.



booting into 9.1 on the tower partition = still NO GOOD!?!?!?



upon booting i get the pop-up window telling me that this disk is not readable by this computer... do you want to initialize?



i press "OK" and i get :



"Disk initialization failed because the disk is locked!"



WTF?



why would it work everywhere else and NOT here?



i need it to work on all these different partitions for a while yet.



i could use a fresh perspective.



tia

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 1
    bluesignsbluesigns Posts: 315member
    c'mon,



    where are all the "Genuises" when i need one?



    we're going to habe to change the name of this forum to "Slacker Bar" !
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