- Apple HD SC Setup
Infobox Software
name = Apple HD SC Setup
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developer =Apple Inc.
released = September,1986
latest release version = 7.3.5
latest release date =April 5 1995
operating system =Mac OS
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genre = Utility
license = Proprietary
website =Apple HD SC Setup was a small
software utility that was bundled with various versions of theMac OS made byApple Computer . Introduced with Apple's firstSCSI hard drive, theHard Disk 20SC in September 1986, Apple HD SC Setup can update drivers and partition and initializehard disk s. It was often used when reinstalling the operating system of anApple Macintosh computer, or to repair corrupt partition information on aSCSI hard disk. Prior to its introduction, formatting of disks was handled exclusively by the Mac's Finder application, or third party formatting utility software customized for a specific disk drive.The version of Apple HD SC Setup that shipped with the Mac OS was only able to manipulate hard disks that featured Apple ROMs. Versions of the program that were bundled with
A/UX , however, could be used with any SCSI disk. A third-party patch [ [http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/patch.html Patching HD SC Setup 7.3.5] ] was released enabling standard editions of Apple HD SC Setup to work on any SCSI disk.In the mid 1990s, when Apple began shipping computers using ATA hard drives, Apple HD SC Setup was joined by
Internal HD Format , which could only format IDE drives. Eventually, bothInternal HD Format and Apple HD SC Setup were superseded withDrive Setup in 1995, which combined SCSI and IDE formatting abilities, and ultimately byDisk Utility .External links
* [http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Utilities/Apple_HD_SC_Setup_7.3.5.sea.bin Download Apple HD SC Setup 7.3.5 from apple.com]
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