* Mac OS 9.2.2 * 60 Gb HD (FireWire External Case [Mercury Elite clear crystal case, Oxford 911], 3.5" drive, 3 x 20Gb partitions) * Partition 1 died during a backup, due to what seems to have been a flakey PCMCIA FireWire (Ratoc CBFW2) card in my laptop (Lombards, 333) * The usual "Do you want to eject / initialize" message on startup * TechTool Pro (3.0.6) can't fix it * TechTool Protection was not active on that drive, it's a "sneaker" drive (bugger!) * Doing a Data Recovery by all but "scavenge" fails - when I do a scavenge it says 65,000 files found but doesn't display any to select after having me select a partition / volume to recover too * Partitions 2 and 3 also vanish * Install drive inside mates G4 to rule out any further flakey FireWire issues
System Info Shows : ID = 1 Hard drive Driver version: Not available Mac OS partitions: 0 Removable media: No Vendor: Seagate Revision number: 3.05 Product ID: Not available Serial number: 3HR00S4K Size: 60 GB (1K = 1000) Capacity: 55.89 GB (1K = 1024) No volumes mounted Any ideas on getting my data back? I suspect DiskWarrior is of no use as it has to be able to mount it (which it can't.) Norton (6.0) says the disk is locked... Bugger, bugger, bugger! The fact it has no driver seems to be the main problem. Will an initialize assist in scavenging the volume or will it work against me (theoretically you can scavenge data from a drive that has been initialized...) Cheers, Antony. -- ================================================================== = = = = Antony N. Lord = http://antonylord.com = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Perth, Western Australia = = = = ================================================================== -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
