Dead HD?

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2 total messages Started by Antony Lacey Thu, 06 May 1999 00:00

#145

Author: Antony Lacey
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 00:00

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Hello All, 

I have a Quantum 6Gb internal drive from a G3 minitower that died while
I was installing some software. Faulty backups too :-( 

The drive has been replaced but I would dearly love to be able to use
the old drive if I can. I have only used Apple's drive setup to try and
format it, but it simply isn't recognised (I've set it to slave
otherwise the computer simply locks up). I think that's correct, I'm not
too sure about IDE drives, always used SCSI in the past. 

Can anyone suggest any software to use that might be able to recover the
drive or at least format it so I can use it again? The drive spins up
ok, nothing else. I can't imagine it would be too serious, as there was
no physical damage to the drive, apart from that done from what I
suspect was a dodgy intaller. 
 
-- 
Cheers ... Antony

Re: Dead HD?

#146

Author: Otoniel Castillo
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 00:00

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I suggest you let the drive rest in peace. I had a similar problem with an
IDE based Performa a few years back and there was no solution. I tried
reformating with everything. FWB recognized the drive but still I could not
get system software on it, some error about blocks being bad and Norton Disk
Doctor couldn't fix it. As it turned out I think the boot sector was
completely damaged and irretrievable therefore any data was inaccessable. If
you must try I would go with FWB HardDiskToolKit latest edition and give it
a go.TechTool Pro might also help. Good Luck. :-)

                                otocast

Antony wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I have a Quantum 6Gb internal drive from a G3 minitower that died while
> I was installing some software. Faulty backups too :-(
>
> The drive has been replaced but I would dearly love to be able to use
> the old drive if I can. I have only used Apple's drive setup to try and
> format it, but it simply isn't recognised (I've set it to slave
> otherwise the computer simply locks up). I think that's correct, I'm not
> too sure about IDE drives, always used SCSI in the past.
>
> Can anyone suggest any software to use that might be able to recover the
> drive or at least format it so I can use it again? The drive spins up
> ok, nothing else. I can't imagine it would be too serious, as there was
> no physical damage to the drive, apart from that done from what I
> suspect was a dodgy intaller.
>
> --
> Cheers ... Antony
>

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