fleming@cup.portal.com (Stephen R Fleming) (10/12/89)
Help! I've discovered the only thing worse your hard disk disappearing.
It's when the hard disk on your BOSS's Macintosh disappears! He's livid,
I'm charged with making it work... and I've already tried everything I know.
It's an Apple-branded Seagate 40 meg assembly, about 18 months old, inside
a 'classic' Mac II. Ran fine yesterday; today, the internal drive light
flashes briefly on power-up, then you get the blinking question mark. No
hard disk icon on the Desktop, obviously. From floppies, I've tried:
Apple HD SC Setup no SCSI disk found
Disk First Aid 'Drive' button never highlights
1st Aid Kit 'Drive' button never highlights
Fedit Plus 'Drive' button never highlights
MacTools Drive doesn't display
SCSI Probe cdev SCSI ID 0 displays a single dot with the
message 'in use - no data'
I don't have SUM, but I plan to buy it this morning as soon as the stores
open. Not sure if it will help, though.
I tried moving the hard disk/controller assembly over to another Mac II in
the office, with identical results.
My boss hasn't backed this thing up in over a year (yes, I know, I know...)
and it's pretty important to get the data off of it. I don't care if we
have to junk it and buy a new one afterwards.
Suggestions would be dramatically welcomed!
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