David wrote: > >The problem I was trying to solve is when the Maxtor is connected I will >occasionally see empty folders. These folders definitely have files in them, >but when double-clicked they show up empty. After closing the folder and >opening it again the files are there. > >My Maxtor is normally connected to the data cable, but I leave the power >cable unplugged. When I do my monthly backup I plug in the Maxtor power >cable and backup my entire HD. I don't know if there is some conflict >between the two drives. My original drive is a Maxtor and the DiamondMax is >set to be a slave. The Maxtor Service Tech said he had never heard of my >problem and that they do not support Macs. I could only test the drive by >installing it on a PC. Duh!
I called Maxtor support today and the Tech told me he never heard of my problem either. One partition from my 60 gig DiamondMax 9 containing OS 9.1 in an 8500 just disappeared after I switched my start up disk back to my old 1 gig SCSI w/ OS 8.6. The other two partitions only show up in ASP and Drive Setup as unmounted. Disk Warrior or any other app can't do anything either if they can't see any of the disk. If I reinitialize those two partitions I will lose the data. Besides, I bought a whole drive not part of a drive. The tech seemed to care less about my problem and simply said, "never heard of that before but these things just can happen." He offered absolutely nothing helpful but he never came out and said that they don't support Macs. Played with the jumper settings for quite some time today to no avail. The partition with the 9.1 OS is just dead...gone. One thing though, I believe the ATA/EIDE bus for that Maxtor originally listed as bus 2, ID 0. Now I can find no jumper settings that make the ID "0 " again, it only shows as "1." Is there any significance to this? Also is it OK to switch the jumper while the computer is running? Even if it is, I'm sure it needs a restart to reset the ID. Mike -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
