> > From: Rosie Griffeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/12/02 Thu AM 09:43:44 CST > To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: B & W Help Please... > > You guys were really helpful about my problem getting my old iMac drive > recovered. I tried all of your suggestions regarding the master/slave, hard > drive enclosure, plugging into one of the other drives...etc. > Unfortunately, the drive was just too damaged for regular solutions and I > ended up taking it in to the MCS and paying gobs of money to have it > recovered. > > I'm writing about the B & W that I got to replace the iMac. It's a very > clean rev. 2, 12 GB, 400mhz machine. It has consistently failed read the zip > drive with the exception of one time. It came loaded with 9.2 which crashed > and failed to recognize the hard drive. I then loaded 8.6 on it (because I > had that...I'm waiting on a 9.2 install disk), reformatted and set it up > with four partitions. It then failed to recognize the USB ports. At a loss > as to how to work on it with no mouse...I took it to MCS who loaded > 9.1...still with my 4 partitions on it. This solved the mouse problem. It > is now exhibiting the same symptoms that it has prior to each previous > crash. Namely, it freezes in such a way that I'm forced to turn it off. > Then Disk First Aid reports a problem on the start-up drive that it cannot > repair. Norton then reports an "unexpected" problem that it cannot scan. > There are problems on all of the partitions. > > I'm really at a loss as to what is going on here. Is it software? I have > lots of graphics programs...illustrator, PhotoShop, flash. The first crash > was precipitated by Norton...or so it seemed. The second occurred after > loading the drivers for the hard drive enclosure. The last freeze happened > as I was attempting to get into extension manager to make sure the > extensions for my LaCie CDRW were on....I couldn't get it to show the CDRW > on the desktop. > > Sorry if I seem to be babbling incoherently...that seems to be the trend now > with this machine. I really want this computer to work, but I'm stymied as > to why this keeps happening. Obviously, If I have to reload the OS every few > days to a week, this is not the optimum situation. > > Best, > > Rosie
First, you need to use Disk Warrior to fix all your partitions on the HD. If you don't own it, buy it. Odds are, that will fix the HD problem(s). (Do you really need 4 partitions?) As for the zip, Iomega's stuff is notoriously flakey and subject to frequent premature death. Replacement IDE zip drives are about $10 a piece, buy a replacement. OS 8.6 should have talked to all your devices just fine. Yeah, I agree that going to OS X is ultimately better, but if you have a 12GB drive partitioned into 4 drives, that is impractical, you will end up with a very small boot partition, which is a sin under OS X. Just my $.02 Daevad -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
