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On Aug 28, 2005, at 5:10 AM, Andrew Grebneff wrote:

B&W G3/300 Rev 1
OS9.2.2

Today I was doing a search on my G3 for an item, and unchecked the second HD before entering the file name.

Later I noticed that the second (9.1gb) HD icon was missing from the desktop, which was a bit annoying, as I wanted to change it to the startup drive. It has OS10.2.8 on it, which I need to access PayPal to make a payment.

When I tried Apple Syatem Profiler I saw that second HD was there but not mounted. When I click on the ID=2 arrow (the 9.1gb HD) it tells me that there are no partitions, and the right box has no drive icon. Right above is the current startup HD icon in the ID=1 location.

Neither TechTool Light nor Disk First Aid were of any help, and neither had the 9.1gb HD as an option. Zapping the PRAM and rebuilding the desktop didn't reinstate the HD.

Two questions:
1 - Why has this happened
2 - How do I fix it?

DON'T suggest DiskWarrior, please, as this cannot be run if yoiu have only one HD. It won't run from the CD.
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Andrew

Give this a try,

1. Reboot your platform from the "OS X" CD, however during the boot reset the "PRAM" by hold down the Command, Option, "P" and "R" keys during start-up and keep holding them down until you hear the star-up "Bong" at least 3 times.

2. Once you have you platform up and running from the CD, start the "Disk Utility" application that is located on the CD not one that is located on one of your hard drives.

3. From within the disk utility application select the problem disk and then run the "Repair Disk Permissions"

4. When that is completed repeat the same procedure for all of the HDD's that are contained within your platform.

This is a recommend procedure that should be done at least once a month if your platform is in constance use. You can run the same procedure from within the HDD when the HDD is the home disk, however it can not do a complete job because the disk is in use. Therefor running "Repair Disk" is recommended from the "CD"
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Harry (*^_^*)
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