Now that Yersinia's suggested that area, I sure plan to.
On Jan 12, 8:50 am, Lawrence David Eden <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you tested the FW drive? > > Larry Eden > > > > >Hi. I have a Quicksilver 2002 G4 with an OWC 1.8 Ghz CPU upgrade. The > >hard drive is a Seagate Barracude IDE 80 gig drive. It's a few years > >old, but has gotten only moderate use. > > >The computer is working perfectly, but I'm unable to back up the hard > >drive contents by any of several different methods. > > >I've tried cloning the HD contents to my external FireWire drive, > >using both Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper. In each case, the clone > >operation starts but then stalls within a matter of minutes. > > >With CC Cloner, it states at the very beginning of the cloning > >operation that "There may be a physical problem with the disk." When I > >check the option to continue, it runs for maybe 5-10 minutes, copying > >maybe 2 gb or so, then freezes. > > >With Super Duper, it starts normally, runs 5-10 minutes, then states > >that some particular file "can't be read or written" and freezes. > > >With either program, I can't opt to "stop" the cloning operation, you > >can't force-quit the program, and I'm forced into a hard restart using > >the power button. > > >I tried running Disk Warrior, which detected very little out of the > >ordinary, and Disk Utility, which found very little was amiss with the > >disk permissions. Neither made any difference, and the cloning > >attempts still failed. > > >I then tried something short of a full cloning operation, erasing the > >partition of the external FW drive and then trying to spot-paste the > >System folder onto it. This promptly choked as well. > > >The one operation that succeeded was that I was able to burn a half- > >gig or so of files onto a DVD, using the internal burner, without > >incident. > > >The hard drive isn't making any untoward noises, and the computer is > >operating perfectly normally. But having irreplaceable old Classic > >apps, family photos and business data at risk makes me really, really > >nervous. > > >Probably the best suggestion I've heard so far is to use my MacBook > >Pro to copy this computer's HD contents by putting the G4 in "target > >disk mode" (though I'll have to buy a FW 400 to FW 800 cable to try > >it), on the theory that it will allow the MacBook Pro to "do the heavy > >lifting." As for me, I know nothing. > > >Could the problem be something other than the hard drive? > > >Thoughts? Theories? Suggestions? > > >-- > >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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our > >netiquette guide is at > >http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >For more options, visit this group athttp://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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
