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Panther Erases Hard Drives:

Oops! Got an external hard Firewire hard drive and thinking about upgrading to the latest OS from Apple? Cover your but and remove the drive before install or risk being erased. Not sure how that one slipped by R&D.

A problem is causing some of those who install the new version of Mac OS X to lose the data that's stored on their external hard drives. Apple Computer said the glitch is limited to external hard drives that use a high-speed FireWire connection and a particular chipset Oxford Semiconductor manufactures. The company encouraged those who have a drive that uses the chip to disconnect their drives from Macs that are being upgraded to Mac OS X version 10.3, or Panther.