Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Norton Utilities, or another utility, that will work?
My intention all along was to get the files off the drive somehow, whether it mean repairing it, etc. and then re-initialize and start over to get rid of any hidden problems that might show up in the future. On 8/11/05, Antonio Rodríguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First of all, under any circustance, DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING TO THE > DAMAGED DRIVE, and much less install an application or OS into it. Every > time something is written to a damaged drive, the probability of > recovering its previous content gets lower. > > Plug another hard drive to your 6100 and install into it an OS with > support of HFS+ (OS 8.1 or later - your OS 9.1 will do the trick). Then, > connect the old hard drive and see if you can access it's contents. If > the drive doesn't mount, or if you can't access the files, get a > *recent* version of Norton Utilities (make sure it supports HFS+!) and > try to repair the drive. Once you have access to the files, copy them > into another hard drive, and format the drive - you never know the size > of the damage, and an apparent good partition may give you some > headaches later. > > If you have two drives of exactly the same size, you can make a > sector-by-sector duplicate of the damaged one and try to repair the > copy. That way, if an utility messes it even more, you can restore the > original data, so you can try different disk repair tools. > > You may also be able to use a "disk scan" utility able to extract the > data from a damaged unit without trying to fix it. They work by > brute-force scaning all the disk surface searching for files and > folders, and then try to reconstruct the folder tree in order to let you > copy the data to another disk. I know of excelent utilities of these > kind for the PC (in my experience, GetDataBack is a lot better than > standard "fix" utilities - it allways restores almost 100% of data even > on badly damaged partitions with broken filesystem structures or bad > sectors!), but can't tell you about one of these for the Mac. Anyway, > there should be something simmilar... > > Greetings, > > Antonio Rodríguez (Grijan) > <ftp://grijan.cjb.net:21000/> > > NODEraser escribió: > > >I have a PowerMac 6100/66 with a G3/266 upgrade and OS 9.1, that I use > >as a "master" fileserver and research machine while I'm working on my > >other, older Macs. I have a couple hundred megabytes of software on > >there that I'd rather not loose (a lot of software when we're talking > >system 6 and 7). Recently, being the complete idiot I am, I ran an > >older version of Norton utilities on the harddrive and it "fixed" it > >for me. Unfortunately, this older version of Norton thinks HFS+ is an > >error that needs to be fixed. And, it did just that. > > > >Now, I have to boot from the CD or a floppy, and I get an error -127 > >when I try and mount my hard disk using Drive Setup. Is there a way I > >can at least get to my files to copy them safely somewhere else before > >having to re-initialize? It would not be the end of the world if I > >could not recover those files, but it would absolutely suck because > >the original drives/disks that some of the software came on are gone > >or broken. > > > >Any help in recovering these files would be appreciated. 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