> No. I've had that dilemma, too. I have a IIci I use to go after files on the > 'Net. It makes perfect copies. > > I insist your floppy drive may be defective. And the hard drive MAY be > damaged.
Yes, the HD is munted... at 4am in the morning I got frustrated so I pulled out the HD, disassembled an Apple CD150 External drive, plonked the drive in that and wired everything up... AMAZINGLY I was able to find jumper settings for the old Conner drive on Seagate's website, so a few twists of solder around the appropriate jumper prongs... neither my 7.6.1 or 9.1 systems would boot up with it connected and on, so, with complete ignorance to all those old wives' SCSI tales, I just flicked it on once I'd opened an app called "Mt Everything"... it was able to see it, eventually mount it with its own built-in drivers and thus I got my girlfriend's great novel-in-progress safely elsewhere again (this is the second computer she's cursed). I was able to delete the drive but none of the half-dozen apps I tried could repair or format it. From what I can tell it's an original disk, judging by the amount of dust, so 13 years ain't bad really. Apparently this old thing spins at 3,900rpm so replacing it with something vaguely modern should help performance anyway. Cheers, Ben. -- Vintage Macs 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> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
