On Dec 13, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote:
>> I vaguely remember a fix that involved freezing the drive.
> If you're not as lucky as I was, you can try the freezing way: put the HD
> into a sealable bag (to avoid moisture) and put it into the freezer for like
> half an hour (this could h
Il giorno 13-12-2011 5:32, Les ha scritto:
> My G4 Sawtooth hard drive, IBM Deskstar 20Gb made a clicking sound
> and suddenly stopped
Those Deskstar (aka "Deathstar" ;-) HDs are infamous for being prone to
sudden death, with that typical click sound.
I had one 30GB years ago, and it did just that
At 7:45 AM -0500 12/12/2011, Bill Connelly wrote:
On Dec 12, 2011, at 1:40 AM, Dan wrote:
Of course, there are all sorts of other carnage scenarios.
Shrapnel flying around, etc...
and then there's Norton ...
The OP said he has an 8 GB SCSI drive, so I made the leap of faith
that he's runnin
To complement: Google groups are set up in a way that posts are kept
together in the same thread even when the subject is changed. So the
only way to start a new topic (as far as I know) is to click on the
top right button marked "+ new post".
I agree that the text on the button could be clearer.
On Dec 12, 2011, at 1:40 AM, Dan wrote:
Of course, there are all sorts of other carnage scenarios. Shrapnel
flying around, etc...
and then there's Norton ...
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On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Les wrote:
> Hi all,
> My G4 Sawtooth hard drive, IBM Deskstar 20Gb made a clicking sound and
> suddenly stopped ie I got a flashing question mark displayed on startup.
> Presumably system files could not be read. I changed out the drive with a
> fresh OS (10.4.11)
