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Article #6892Re: another hard disk problem - cure?
From: Brian Gordon
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 1991 21:25
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 1991 21:25
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In article <Jan.22.17.07.53.1991.15371@elbereth.rutgers.edu> rgonzal@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez) writes: < [...] <This post, however, is entirely UNRELATED, since I am getting a new <error on a computer at another site. When I use SUM II's "Quick Fix" <feature, I get: < <SCSI mapping is OK <Volume Info Block OK <Allocation map is invalid <Directory is bad <Done < <SUM II says that it is "unable to repair" the error. Does anyone know <whether Norton Utilities for the Mac will repair such an error? I <believe that I've had this error for quite a while, undetected, since <it wasn't until today that I tried Quick Fix. Hmmm. Sounds like how I spent last weekend, only with slightly different players -- 1stAidHFS in the new 911 Utilities package and the Norton utilities. To make a VERY long story short, the most likely fix is to dump the disk to tape or floppies (50 in my case), reformat the HD (which is NOT done by the menu Initialize command, but rather by the Install HD Utility) and restore from your backup. I tried several less drastic things, involving utilities from lots of vendors, including Apple. You can save time by doing the reformat now, instead of putting it off for many hours first :-( -- :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: | Brian G. Gordon briang@Sun.COM (if you trust exotic mailers) | | ...!sun!briangordon (if you route it yourself) | :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!convex!texsun!male!newstop!exodus!bari.Eng.Sun.COM!briang From: briang@bari.Eng.Sun.COM (Brian Gordon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: another hard disk problem - cure? Keywords: hard disk Message-ID: <6505@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 23 Jan 91 21:25:06 GMT References: <Jan.22.17.07.53.1991.15371@elbereth.rutgers.edu> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Distribution: usa Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca. Lines: 34