ok ...thanks I will give it a go... of course I should have been a smart bunny and stuck to scsi.
many of the problems I have encountered involved the IDE card and drive. but thats all hind site. I do have a scsi up and running now but its intermittent. I am hoping to get my data off this maxtor somehow. I burn things pretty regularly but as fate has it I hadn't burned in a month or so. Now begins the long recovery process.. :-( I will get this machine up and running again but its on to an apple machine after this I think. sigh... will report back on things...as they develop... cheers, tim > >> on 7/7/02 3:41 PM, t molnar at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Of course diskwarrior, norton utilities, techtools resided on both >> the volumes of the maxtor drive I created, so no luck there. >> >> Every once in a while the computer tries to access the maxtor with >> the resulting clicking. >> >> Mb I will try the cuda reset etc... >> >> Still waiting for the more technologically inclined to offer some advice. > >Tim, >The few times I have lost drives over the years I have had good luck using a >"Utility Cocktail" approach. > >Basically I have different utilities up and running and try to coax the >drive up with two at a time. > >The 4 I have used in this manner are Mt. Everything, FWB HDToolkit & >Mounter, add SCSI Probe, and APS Powertools. Of course, for the hard core >mix you can probably, Drive Setup and whatever your flavor. OK, how bout >HDST. > >Yes I am too being serious! :) Reasoning is, sometimes an App like Mt. >Everything can 'sense' the drive but isn't able to actually mount it. Mt. >Everything has its own driver so it accomplishes a vital step in the >process. So while it is trying, I let FWB have a crack at it at the same >time. If one pair doesn't work, switch around cause just trying to rescue a >drive is hit & miss sometimes. Kind of crude but it definitely has worked >for me several times. > >Hope this helps. >Dave > > >-- >SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
