At 12:47 AM -0400 6/25/01, Silicon Hills wrote:
> Using either of the 2 external floppy drives that came with it (both of
>which appear to work fine), I tried to install OS 7.5.3 from floppies.
>Install began OK, but it couldn't find any HD. I tried using Disk First
>Aid and the Mac HD utilities from the OS 7.5.3 diskettes...but again, no
>hard drive can be detected and/or mounted.
>
>The advice I've gotten so far from a post I left at the MacWorld Forum has
>been: "It's an antiquated system...just toss it." But as a devoted Apple
>fan (and the original owner of Mac Plus #479 off the Apple assembly line,
>which still runs fine), it seems a waste to just "toss" this machine.
>
>Any suggestions?
Start from a Disk Tools floppy, and use that software to check out the hard
drive for a starter. Or use Hard Disk Toolkit and reformat the drive.
Paul
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