On Mar 21, 2010, at 1:42 AM, Mike Linnett wrote: > I'd give data rescue ii a go on it, I think they have a free trial, and > you'll need at least one drive with a fair bit of free space on it > > On 21 Mar 2010, at 08:24, John Carmonne <carmo...@aol.com> wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> I have a Seagate 500 Gig in a G4 MDD that just showed red and the S.M.A.R.T >> says it's failing and I can't get files off it. Anyone know a way to get the >> files off? I have 320 GIGs of movies on it. >> it mounts and I can read it . I ran Drive Genius 2 on it but no cigar. The >> drive is only about 14 months old and only used for storage it has 10.5.8 on >> it. >> >> >> John Carmonne >> Yorba Linda USA I removed the drive and put it in an external enclosure an connected it to my PM G% Dual 2.7 and it functioned properly except I can't verify S.M.A.R.T. because its IDE and the G5 is SATA. but i was able run Disk Utility and DiskWarrior and Maintenance on it and all other functions are working OK.
I'm wondering If I may have a machine problem and not a failing HDD? Because when I put it back in the G4 MDD again I got the S.M.A.R.T warning. I recently swapped out the Dual 1. Gig processor with a Dual 1.25 and I wonder if that could cause this problem?? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
