On Feb 18, 8:46 pm, Kris Tilford <ktilfo...@cox.net> wrote: > On Feb 18, 2011, at 6:47 AM, nick telis wrote: > > > I tried reformatting the drive with Disk Utility and I get an error. > > What's the error? Do the Console logs show anything? > > > Any suggestions? > > You wife's Intel iMac may be able to boot the Maxtor drive utility CD? > (or Seagate SeaTools for DOS CD, since Seagate has subsumed Maxtor). > These CDs have better utilities for low-level testing and formating. > I've had drives that checked out good in Disk Utility, but were > freezing and causing problems, check out faulty using a real utility > from the drive manufacturer. If your wife's Intel iMac won't boot the > SeaTools CD, you'll need a PC. I suspect the drive is likely bad, but > I would write it off until SeaTools said it's bad.
Now when I connect the drive using USB Disk Utility does not see it at all. I get this log entry: Feb 19 14:40:59: --- last message repeated 1 time --- Feb 19 14:40:59 Grey kernel[0]: Path /dev/disk5s3] [FSLogMsgID 486036030] [FSLogMsgOrder Last] Feb 19 14:40:59 Grey kernel[0]: jnl: disk5s3: do_jnl_io: strategy err 0x6 Feb 19 14:40:59 Grey kernel[0]: jnl: disk5s3: replay_journal: Could not read block list header block @ 0x1021000! Feb 19 14:40:59 Grey kernel[0]: jnl: disk5s3: restarting journal replay (16912384 - 16895488)! Feb 19 14:40:59 Grey kernel[0]: jnl: disk5s3: replay_journal: from: 16912384 to: 16895488 (joffset 0xe90000) Feb 19 14:40:59 Grey kernel[0]: disk5s3: media is not present. Feb 19 14:40:59 Grey kernel[0]: It also causes the log to keep repeating this message even after the drive is turned off, the result being that I cannot shut down the computer. I downloaded and burned the Seagate utility and will try it later but I believe that the drive is bad. I thought that I had a 5 year warranty on this drive but I went to the Seagate site and I get an error when I try to check the warranty status. I Emailed them but they are not replying. Thanks for your input. -- 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
