At 11:14 AM +0000 on 1/3/03, Daniel Kendell wrote: > >But... >It says that the hard drive is unreadable and do I want to format it. >I have data on that, that I don't really want to loose. >Have I allready lost it and it's time to move on? can it be saved? >And why does it say that to every floppy I put in? > >I am REALLY stumped on this. I have had system probs before but not like >this. > >Thanks, >Dan >
-- Dan, I recently had similar problems in two different machines. I was able to save one and could not save another. It's possible that the problem is software or hardware related. If you have a copy of Norton Utilities on a CD you can start up with that and see if Nortan Disk Doctor can see the drive. If not you can go to the menu bar and look for "mount custom disks" and try that. If you can get to the disk that way you might be able to repair it. You can also try DiskWarrier which is great for recovery but is not good at finding some damaged disks. In addition there are a number of free utilities that are pretty good. You can get Mt.Everything (68kor/and PPC versions) here: http://www.overnet.de/hhp/mte/ It's free. You can also download DataRescue which is shareware that can find lost volumes on a disk which problem you may have. You might be able to get it here: http://www.wildbits.com/rescue/ Be patient- and good luck. dan_A -- 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/> --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
