Re: Trying to bring a partition back to life

2010-11-12 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Nov 9, 2010, at 6:29 PM, MaGioZal wrote: Hi, I am currently running Mac OS 9 and 10.4 on a Beige G3 PowerMac, and recently the biggest, non-booting partition which contained alot of softwares and data (from which I didn't make backup...:-/) just died down after some forced shutdowns. I've

Re: Trying to bring a partition back to life

2010-11-12 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 10, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Nov 10, 2010, at 12:00 AM, onelucent wrote: Actually, in OS 9, I have had good luck with Disk Doctor. It may take multiple runs, each time getting a little further. I may skip Media Check so it concentrates on the Disk Directory.

Re: Trying to bring a partition back to life

2010-11-10 Thread Joshua Juran
On Nov 9, 2010, at 6:29 PM, MaGioZal wrote: I am currently running Mac OS 9 and 10.4 on a Beige G3 PowerMac, and recently the biggest, non-booting partition which contained alot of softwares and data (from which I didn't make backup...:-/) just died down after some forced shutdowns. I've tried

Re: Trying to bring a partition back to life

2010-11-10 Thread Bill Connelly
On Nov 10, 2010, at 12:00 AM, onelucent wrote: Actually, in OS 9, I have had good luck with Disk Doctor. It may take multiple runs, each time getting a little further. I may skip Media Check so it concentrates on the Disk Directory. Usually, the hardest thing is to capture the

Re: Trying to bring a partition back to life

2010-11-10 Thread Dan
At 6:29 PM -0800 11/9/2010, MaGioZal wrote: I am currently running Mac OS 9 and 10.4 on a Beige G3 PowerMac, and recently the biggest, non-booting partition which contained alot of softwares and data (from which I didn't make backup...:-/) just died down after some forced shutdowns. I've tried 3

Re: Trying to bring a partition back to life

2010-11-10 Thread admin
Thanks for the info. Would it have been so terrible to build it in OS X Disk Utility. One of the several things I miss from OS 9 is the mounting utilitiies that were available. On Nov 10, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Dan wrote: Boot into OS X and follow these directions to mount the volume read-

Re: Trying to bring a partition back to life

2010-11-10 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/10 08:08, Joshua Juran so eloquently wrote: How much is your data worth? If it's worth nothing, just cut your losses. If it's worth the cost of DiskWarrior, get it. DiskWarrior is an excellent repair utility, but recovery is safer than repair An often over-looked ability of

Re: Trying to bring a partition back to life

2010-11-10 Thread Tom Podnar
Data Rescue II worked the best for me after even the Genius bar couldn't get anything back. I bought and formatted a second hard drive into my G4 MDD and tried their web site for free. The test seemed to show that their product would work so I downloaded it and followed the directions.

Trying to bring a partition back to life

2010-11-09 Thread MaGioZal
Hi, I am currently running Mac OS 9 and 10.4 on a Beige G3 PowerMac, and recently the biggest, non-booting partition which contained alot of softwares and data (from which I didn't make backup...:-/) just died down after some forced shutdowns. I've tried 3 different tools of disk recovery, but

Re: Trying to bring a partition back to life

2010-11-09 Thread onelucent
Actually, in OS 9, I have had good luck with Disk Doctor. It may take multiple runs, each time getting a little further. I may skip Media Check so it concentrates on the Disk Directory. Usually, the hardest thing is to capture the partition, so don't give up. Often, Norton will capture