Hi, I know very little... How would I go about "freezing it"?
Thank you very much for your input, and P.S. I do have files in it that I absolutely need! Justin --- Chuck Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These old hard drives do go bad, often! If you have > nothing to special on > the hard drive, just replace it with a known good > similar drive. If you have > files you absolutely need, I understand you can > often revive a dead hard > drive for a small amount of time by freezing it. One > way or the other, you > need a different, known good hard drive. Good luck! > > Chuck > > On 1/24/05 8:16 AM, "Justin Zaza" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, I have a Mac Centris 610, which has been > > working perfectly until recently, and out of > nowhere. > > It stopped booting up. What specifically happens > is, > > during boot-up, all of a sudden the hard drive > stops, > > as though shutting down, and the "mac face" in the > > center of the screen turns into a flashing > questions > > mark. > > > > I have the 7 system disks, and when I put the 1st > one > > in, it loads it, says "Welcome to Macintosh" and > then > > > > "Welcome to System 7.5 > > > > Your Macintosh needs certain software to start up > in > > System 7.5" > > > > etc. moving right along, I click "continue", and > > then... > > > > "System 7.5 Installation > > > > The Installer cannot update the selected disk > named > > "Install Disk 1. > > > > Please click Switch Disk to choose a different > disk." > > > > And under "Destination Disk" it shows "Install > Disk 1" > > and the "Switch Disk" option is faded, meaning I > > cannot click it! So is the "Install" option. > > > > I have concluded that the big problem here is that > The > > Centris has failed to acknowledge the existence of > the > > hard drive. > > > > Any help would be tremendously appreciated! > > > > Justin > > > -- > Quadlist 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> > > Quadlist info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- Quadlist 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> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
