Symptom
1. The startup volume is displayed as a panel.
2. Some applications may report the user does not have adequate permission.
Solution
A version of drive formatting software used to format certain replacement hard drives is incompatible with Macintosh Manager. It is possible that other third-party formatting software might cause this issue. To resolve this issue, a drive must be reformatted with Drive Setup using the zero all data option. If you have a Mac OS 9 CD-ROM disc, you should use its version of Drive Setup, regardless of which version of Mac OS you intend to install. If you do not have a Mac OS 9 CD-ROM disc and intend to install an earlier Mac OS version, you should download Drive Setup 1.7.3 from Apple Software Downloads (
http://www.apple.com/swupdates/).
Follow these steps:
Warning: Initializing a disk destroys all data on it. Be sure to back up any data you wish to keep before proceeding.
1. Start up the computer from a disk other than the affected hard drive. A Mac OS 9 CD-ROM disc is preferred. To start up from CD, insert the CD into the disc drive and restart the computer. Press and hold the "c" key as the computer restarts.
Note: If the startup disk you are using is not a Mac OS CD-ROM disc, be sure that Drive Setup is on the disk. Mac OS discs include Drive Setup in the Utilities folder.
2. Open Drive Setup.
3. Select the affected drive from the list.
4. Choose Initialization Options from the Functions menu.
5. Select the checkbox for "Zero all data."
6. Click OK.
7. Click Initialize.
Zeroing all data may take several hours to complete.