Thanks for the reply's everyone. I don't know if it matters, but the Deskstar drive has 10.4 on it, where the drive with all my info is 10.2. I don't own Diskwarrior, but I'm trying to search for a copy. I also unfortunately don't own a 10.4 install disk (I got the drive with it already installed), so saving the 10.4 drive is somewhat important (I only have 10.2 disks, which are now obsolete). I have looked at the cost to buy a used copy of 10.4, but it's quite costly, and for the same cost, I could buy 10.5. I'd really hate to fork over $100 for a new OS, so hopefully it won't come to that. None the less, I'm still open to ideas. I assume there's no way to fix this drive without some software I don't own at the moment? Is there anything I can do to salvage it, while keeping the data in tact? Things work fine, but anything I transfer gets trashed. I'll attempt to transfer data through Firewire, but I wonder what I can do if I wanted to run 2 drives at the same time. Does anyone have an idea why this computer is doing this? Thanks again everyone, I really appreciate the help.
Jake --- On Sun, 2/21/10, JOHN CARMONNE <carmo...@aol.com> wrote: > From: JOHN CARMONNE <carmo...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: Hard drive issues with a MDD 1.25 > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 10:58 AM > > On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > > > On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:39 AM, Jake Zeppa wrote: > > > > > > I just picked up a dual 1.25 MDD to replace > my slow dual 450 giga. None the less, I've spent the last > few hours fighting a problem transferring data from my old > drive (80gb WD ata/100), to a Deskstar 80gb ata/100, and I > figured it would be best to ask the experts (you guys). The > drive that originally came with the computer (Seagate 80gb > ata/100) stopped working while transferring data (now it's > not recognized by any computer), and the Deskstar has > corruption issues now. The drives are set up using the > ata/100 bus, both drives set to CS. The computer works > great, but somewhere between the two drives when > transferring data, everything gets messed up. The original > drives data seems fine, and it passes the utility tests, as > where the Deskstar now shows errors, and has files I > transfered that can't be opened (and a lot of them). Did I > screw up somewhere, or could this be a computer problem? I'm > open to all suggestions, and I really appreciate the help. > Thanks > > > > > > > > I ran into something similar recently. First > thing is you might try putting the "other" drive on the > third ATA bus. Until I got the MDD I didn't know it > has 3 ATA busses. > > > > The other thing is the drive that came with it was, I > think, an 80Gb Deskstar. While it worked fine in the > MDD, it won't work in a Sawtooth (I had a 160 Gb HD from the > Sawtooth I use in the MDD now). Of two Firewire drives > I've tested it in only one would see it properly. I > haven't yet investigated it, it might be a matter of the ATA > version. > > > > I CCC'd the 160 Gb over to the 80Gb, reformatted the > 160 and copied everything back. I had tried doing it > with the two drives on the same bus, that had problems > recognizing the drives. I tried putting the 80Gb in a > FW enclosure and that didn't work. About then I > noticed the 3rd bus, tried that and that worked just fine. > > > > --Clark Martin > > Redwood City, CA, USA > > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super > Highway" > > > > > The third Bus in the MDD is ata 33 for the optical drive I > think that it's too slow for a HDD that's used for > anything other than storage. > > JOHN CARMONNE > Yorba Linda USA > carmo...@aol,com > > --You received this message because you are a member of > G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs > - with a particular focus on Power Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
