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Started by MACKINNELL AMANDA
Sun, 01 Nov 1992 09:52
help HARD DISK ISNT!!!!!
Author: MACKINNELL AMANDA
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1992 09:52
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1992 09:52
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HELP HELP HELP I have an LC which basically isnt...:( It has a hard disk installed (supposedly?) and the icon wont appear on the desk top....... Anyone got ANY idea why? I ran it with my external HD and it couldnt even find the drive using MacEnvy and Nortons Utilities......... The box says its got a 40mb HD.............. please help...... Amanda MacKinnell Disclaimer/Sig : "I never claimed to be a hero, and I never said I was a saint"
Re: help HARD DISK ISNT!!!!!
Author: Brian VanHeesch
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 21:06
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 21:06
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: I have an LC which basically isnt...:( : : It has a hard disk installed (supposedly?) and the icon wont appear : on the desk top....... : : Anyone got ANY idea why? : : I ran it with my external HD and it couldnt even find the drive : using MacEnvy and Nortons Utilities......... : : The box says its got a 40mb HD.............. Does the drive "spin up"? ie can you hear it spinning? If no, you may have a problem with STICTION (sp?). It occurs when there is hot/muggy/ humid weather. I'm not an expert techie or anything like that but try tapping the drive lightly on the side. (AT OWN RISK). If the drive is spinning--who knows what? My avoidance solution would be to leave your computer on. Just power off the monitor. The drive will continue to spin and remain free of dust and other particles. BVH
When it comes to the crunch, HD Utils don't cut it
Author: Tonio Loewald
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 07:03
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 07:03
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Over the years I've seen a lot of whacky hard disk problems and in my experience, if they're nasty the usual symptom is "the hard disk isn't there". By and large, all the hard disk gizmos around basically do the same thing... check the SCSI chain using the same commands and then try to mount anything they see. Since a bad problem generally means they don't see anything, they don't do you any good. I have access to practically every utility program for Macs ever seen (borrowing from friends and contacts in a crisis) and it's pretty well always the same story. They'll recover an occasional lost file or fix errors that you've never noticed, but when something serious happens, you might as well use SCSI probe as Norton's. Any comments? Tonio -- Tonio Loewald | Ph 06 290 1594 | PO Box 101 O'Connor tal691@huxley.anu.edu.au | Fax 06 290 1595 | ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA
Re: When it comes to the crunch, HD Utils don't cut it
Author: Mike Hennahane
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 09:16
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 09:16
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tal691@huxley.anu.edu.au (Tonio Loewald) writes: [hd utilities don't cut it after something goes wrong] >They'll recover an occasional lost file or fix errors >that you've never noticed, but when something serious >happens, you might as well use SCSI probe as Norton's. >Any comments? i agree that once something serious happens, not much will help out. my solution to this is to use good software to format and drive my hard disk. i had all sorts of trouble with silverlining and switched to fwb's hard disk toolkit. no problems at all after that; works great under a fair amount of duress... --mike
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