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Only thing I hadn't tried was zapping the pram ..
that worked the first time I tried it, but I still couldn't see the
harddisk when booting from CD, so I decieded to rebuild the desktop again.
Just for good messure, I zapped the pram and then rebuilt the desktop in
same startup, at least I would have done, except the Finder gave me a bus
error!
After more reboots etc, I'm back where I started - can't see HD in
open/save dialogs :-(


David Ferrington wrote:

> I'm hoping someone is reading their news today and can help me.
>
> I have a Performer 6400 with 2Gb Hard disk running macOS 8.5 (since end
> of 1998) with HFS+
> and a DAT & Zip drives
>
> Until last week, it was fine, now however I have a strange problem - I
> can't see the Harddisk in Open dialogs.
>
> I can see it's icon on Desktop (screen), and its the startup volume.
> I can double-click the icon and open the disk, work down folders etc.
> I can get info on it.
> I can drag&drop files from my RAM disk to any folder on the HD.
> I can launch apps with a double-click & open files that way.
> I've run Disk First Aid and Norton Utils and they say it's ok.
> I've scanned it with latest SAM (1/3/99) defs I can get (I know there's
> a later one, but having trouble getting that).
> I've rebuilt the desktop and tried booting with extensions off.
> I don't have much shareware etc and very few third party extensions.
> I've updated the drivers from the 8.5 CD.
>
> It's possible I've corrupted the Finder or System, but can't just
> reinstall these.
> I can't see its icon if I boot from CD and installer hangs if I
> 'continue' before customerisation screen comes up (guess its trying for
> the disk).
> I can't turn file sharing on - alert just says 'File sharing could not
> be enabled'
>
> I 'could' re-format the disk since I've just made a backup with
> Retrospect, but I'm worried I won't be able to get the disk back and I
> really need this baby right now.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> David Ferrington

David Ferrington <david@alphadene.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Only thing I hadn't tried was zapping the pram ..
> that worked the first time I tried it, but I still couldn't see the
> harddisk when booting from CD, so I decieded to rebuild the desktop again.
> Just for good messure, I zapped the pram and then rebuilt the desktop in
> same startup, at least I would have done, except the Finder gave me a bus
> error!
> After more reboots etc, I'm back where I started - can't see HD in
[snip]

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 :-/  If
you do a low-level format using Drive Setup, everything should be okay
afterwards.

Rowland.

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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

Hmmm, yes I guess you're right, since I should be using hte CD's finder &
system.
Can anyone tell me what (apart from drivers) could be on the HD that would be
needed for the CD system to see it?
My thinking was that the disk must be ok, if I could boot from it and drag&drop
etc.

Rebecca and Rowland wrote:

> David Ferrington <david@alphadene.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Only thing I hadn't tried was zapping the pram ..
> > that worked the first time I tried it, but I still couldn't see the
> > harddisk when booting from CD, so I decieded to rebuild the desktop again.
> > Just for good messure, I zapped the pram and then rebuilt the desktop in
> > same startup, at least I would have done, except the Finder gave me a bus
> > error!
> > After more reboots etc, I'm back where I started - can't see HD in
> [snip]
>
> 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 :-/  If
> you do a low-level format using Drive Setup, everything should be okay
> afterwards.
>
> Rowland.
>
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