🚀 go-pugleaf

Thanks Peter, I'll give that a go, also thought I might try restoring the
finder & system from tape backup - what the hell, if I end up rebuilding,
I've lost nothing (can still do Retrospect backups ok).

Peter Ceresole wrote:

> In article <1dptb8y.pdtl401c7e8xwN@p66.nas2.is4.u-net.net>,
> real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet (Rebecca and Rowland) wrote:
>
> >If you can't see the HD when booting from the CD, that points to a
> >problem with the disc rather than with the installed System or Finder
> >files.  I think the only practical solution is to re-format it :-/
>
> It's worth trying Disk First Aid (or Norton Disk Doctor) first.
>
> Sevreral years ago I had a HD that was damaged by an Netscape crash. It
> wouldn't mount on the desktop, but DFA could see it. I ran it a couple of
> times, was told it was not repairable, but it did appear on the desktop. I
> then ran Norton four times, if I remember right; each time it suggested
> reformatting the drive, but each time it got further through the checking
> and fixing. Finally the disk was okay again, with the loss of only one
> file.
>
> --
> Peter