Thanks Harry, I have two internal drives, the boot drive and this second one I use as my "scratch" drive. I don't bother to back it up because it doesn't contain any original work documents. But it does contain my entire iTunes library and some other stuff I'd rather not try to rebuild if I don't have to.
Unfortunately, I don't have an OSX system folder installed there. But I did keep my classic folder on that drive. Perhaps that would be recognized if I swapped it out with my OSX boot drive???? That was a good idea you had. I don't have another machine to try it in (only a powerbook - and it would not mount under target disk mode on my PB either)... A > I'm guessing here, but it's probably toast. > > I don't know how many internal drives you have but just on the slim > chance the connectors are shot and not the drive try hooking it to a > different connector or switching it out with your boot drive (assuming > it's got a boot partition on it). Or if you have another machine try it there. > > Good luck. > > Harry > > Thursday, July 3, 200311:16 PMandrew arnolda0arno01 at Louisville.edu > >> I turned on my G4 450 today and the second Maxtor (Quantum) ATA 40GB hard >> drive I had installed internally 2 years ago failed to be recognized. I did >> an Apple system profiler and saw nothing, Apple Disk Utility saw nothing and >> Micromat Drive 10 saw nothing. Does this mean the drive is toast, or is >> there another possible explanation? Thanks for any insights!! >> >> >> Kind regards, >> Andy >> a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu >> >> Remember the two most important things in life: >> 1. Don't tell everyone everything you know >> 2. >> >> The software box said, "Windows XP or better," so I bought a Macintosh. >> >> "Macintosh. We may not have done everything right, but at least we knew >> the century was going to end."-Douglas Adams >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. Kind regards, Andy a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu Remember the two most important things in life: 1. Don't tell everyone everything you know 2. The software box said, "Windows XP or better," so I bought a Macintosh. "Macintosh. We may not have done everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end."-Douglas Adams | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
