On 15/03/05 12:12, "Kristina Rost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Laurent, Listnanny or anyone else who can help > > Well here I am again, same clicking noise, and can't find the file icon on > by Lombard, running OS 9...REally it crashed alot...very uncomfortable > machine...I want to refine it be a great machine. > > So I need some help. > 1. I want to recover some info on that drive. > 2. Then I guess replace the drive... > 3. while I have it open I would like to equip it with a new CD R DVD or can > I get a CDR / DVDR? I want to put grampas slides/fotos onto DVD for the > kids. > 4. and maybe while I am wishing a gizmo to do WiFi... > > I would appreciate any help I can get on the what tools/install/tech as my > very handy husband would be doing the work... Or we live in NW Indiana, near > enough to Chicago or Indianapolis. > > In fact I will be in Indianapolis on Friday and could visit a shop if there > was one...for a techie person to slap these things in? Does anyone know of > an Indy Apple supplier, I need a cable to reconnect my newly repaired > Laserwriter NTX to the Yamaha CRW4416SX which has a completely different > cable connection... > Kristina, What do you mean by "can't find the file icon"? Are you able to boot off the hard drive? If not, it might be a little hard to recover something from it. You might want to consider buying a USB external enclosure for the old drive when you get the new one. Then, if your PowerBook gets reliable as it should, you can investigate some tools to recover the data on the old drive in the external enclosure. OTOH, if it crashed so often, there might be a lot of corruption on it and it is possible that recovered files might be useless. You may have waited a little too long for replacing the drive. For instructions on how to replace the drive, check <http://www.PBFixit.com/>. The have guides that should show your husband how to replace the drive. If you're in the market for a Combo drive (read DVDs, read-write CDs), check PBFixit as well as they are selling replacements for the Lombard/Pismo. You might pay a little higher but you're almost sure that the drive will fit nicely in the expansion module which is not always true for other drives. I'm guessing that with a Yamaha CRW4416SX, you're looking for some kind of SCSI adapter cable. However, I didn't know that the LaserWriter II NTX had a SCSI connector... If you have a CompUSA or a Microcenter close, you might want to go check them. They should have a vast assortment of all kind of adapter cables. -Laurent. -- ======================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA ************************ Usual disclaimers apply *********************** -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
