On Aug 21, 2014, at 11:37 PM, jentypo <[email protected]> wrote: > What led me to my original post is that I'm backing up to the "FAILING" > drives, which I used to use as startup drives in my PowerBook. I just placed > those drives in external cases, Disk Utility checks them out as okay, and > I've felt like my data was safe. In fact, as these drives are FireWire > compatible, I've BOOTED my PowerBook from them (not regularly, but to make > sure I can still boot if my primary drive dies). > > I was kind of hoping there was some kind of "magic" program such as the ones > I grew up with in OS 8 and 9, such as DiskWarrior or TechTool Pro, that could > re-allocate those bad sectors of those old drives to never being used again. > But the answer is obviously that disk failure is disk failure, period, and to > throw the bad drive away.
Hmmm...if the internal SMART indicator keeps telling you that drives are failing, which drives then last for years as external ones; leads me to believe that the problem may not be the drives. One tool that might help with the actual problems is LibreOffice, which comes with a huge list of supported formats:<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice#Supported_file_formats> Also this for WordPerfect: <https://itunes.apple.com/app/wpd-wizard/id543018529?mt=12> Note those need to run on Intel macs. I'd also get moving on that SheepShaver setup :-) You're using hardware that's 8-11 years old; that's ancient in computer years. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Books" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
