Once had a similar problem on a G3. Removed the drive, was successful in
performing a low-level format on a PC (remember to use FDISK first), then
replaced in Mac and used Drive Setup.
Messy, but it worked.
Although ATA drives are so cheap now it may be wiser to replace it. It
could be a fault on the Drive's MoBo or whatever. I'm never easy about
trusting such a drive, but with the casing top removed, they make
interesting wall ornaments if mounted on a small wooden shield
Ted Treen
> From: Katzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List)
> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:38:00 +0300
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List)
> Subject: Help: Very Dead Hard Drive
>
> Not just mostly dead... Very dead. Deceased. No more. Pushing up the
> daisies. Joined the Holy Choir Invisible...
>
> G3/233 DT: 2 Gig Int ATA HD (orig-- the dead one), 700 MB Int SCSI HD
> (pulled from a 7100-- a bit grumpy but usable), Ext SCSI Zip 100, Ext
> SCSI CDRW (Yamaha/OWC 8x8x24), USB PCI card, 224 MB RAM. [I think that's
> everything]
>
> At first it was just acting wierd. Then files started getting corrupted.
> Then I did a full backup. Then I tried to boot and got the Question Mark.
> Then I ran DiskWarrior, Norton Utilities and TechTool Pro-- all of them
> saw it but couldn't help it. Then I figured I may as well reformat and
> restore from my backup (thank you Retrospect!). I was poking around in
> Drive Setup and saw an option to mount the drive... which I did... And it
> showed up on the desktop no problem... I was even able to copy my
> Retrospect data off of it (wuch easyer than rebuilding a catalog from the
> CDs). Then I tried to reboot...
>
> AND IT WAS GONE!!! Didn't show up in drive setup. System Profiler could
> tell there was a HD there but not any of the info ( the Vendor, Revision
> number, Product ID, Serial number, etc were all blank-- these fields had
> info in them initialy, even after the drive wouldn't mount).
>
> So now I working off of the 700 MB drive-- which is just set up w/ a
> System and email. Is there anything that can be done? Any recomendations
> on replacements?
>
> HELP?
> Katzy
>
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