michele@mtuxo.att.com (XMRG3-M.CLAYBURG) (11/17/88)
I seem to have a problem with my Mac SE. This morning when the Mac was turned on, the Hard Disk was not recognized. I can boot from the floppy, but the hard disk does not come up as an icon. The red light keeps flashing as if the system is looking for something, but I don't get any response. My first question is.....what can I do to get my hard disk back? Second question....if someone from the local computer hospital comes out to fix this disk, what can I/they do to recover the files on the disk before it is reformatted? Is there some kind of program that allows this or am I out of luck? Any response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Michele Clayburg 201-576-6185
kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (11/18/88)
In article <3404@mtuxo.att.com> michele@mtuxo.att.com (XMRG3-M.CLAYBURG) writes: >I seem to have a problem with my Mac SE. This morning when the Mac >was turned on, the Hard Disk was not recognized. I can boot from >the floppy, but the hard disk does not come up as an icon. The red >light keeps flashing as if the system is looking for something, but >I don't get any response. > >My first question is.....what can I do to get my hard disk back? Try clearing parameter RAM. Boot from the floppy, then hold down Command-Option-Shift while opening the control panel. Hold down these 3 shift keys until a dialog box appears asking if you really want to clear PRAM. Click yes. That usually brings the hard disk back after you restart. Then backup your files immediately. I've had a LOT of experience doing this for the last two weeks on several machines, System 5 and 6. In my case, it was a symptom of worse things to follow, so don't neglect that backup just because everything seems to be back to normal. Shirley Kehr
xxiaoye@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Xiaoxia Ye) (11/20/88)
In article <70523@felix.UUCP> kehr@felix.UUCP wrote: >In article <3404@mtuxo.att.com> michele@mtuxo.att.com (XMRG3-M.CLAYBURG) writes: >>I seem to have a problem with my Mac SE. This morning when the Mac >>was turned on, the Hard Disk was not recognized. I can boot from >>the floppy, but the hard disk does not come up as an icon. The red >>light keeps flashing as if the system is looking for something, but >>I don't get any response. >> >>My first question is.....what can I do to get my hard disk back? > >Try clearing parameter RAM. Boot from the floppy, then hold down >Command-Option-Shift while opening the control panel. Hold down these 3 >shift keys until a dialog box appears asking if you really want to clear >PRAM. Click yes. > >That usually brings the hard disk back after you restart. Then backup >your files immediately. I've had a LOT of experience doing this for the >last two weeks on several machines, System 5 and 6. In my case, it was >a symptom of worse things to follow, so don't neglect that backup just >because everything seems to be back to normal. > >Shirley Kehr Once, I had my harddisk crashed TERRIBLLY. I used DiskExpress and saved my data This happened when I used installer to install System 6.0 onto my harddisk with System 5.0. After "successful installation", I quit and can't goto finder the error was:"Can not find finder". I tried everything possible, like o using Disk First Aid o Re-installing the driver of my harddrive (not re-initialize) o Write Boot Blocks When I boot from a floppy, it says hardDisk is damaged, asking me to initialize. Well, I thought I tried everything. Then I used DiskExpress. In DiskExpress the HardDisk icon came up, and I quit from it, the finder found my HD and then I use option-double-click finder to switch the system in my HD. Then I back-up everything... reinitialize...restore...everything goes back to normal... boy was that a pain ! Well, the bottem line is: if you have DiskExpress,it can be an alternative that you may never think of. Under circumstances where Disk First Aid says your HD is unreadble.. DiskExpress may get it back! "VOX CLAMANTIS IN DESERTO" -- ahh, who else do I speak for! __________________________________________________________________________ Xiaoxia Ye Internet/Bitnet xxiaoye@eleazar.dartmouth.edu Dartmouth College UUCP: Xiaoxia.Ye@dartmouth.edu
dach_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Daniel Chan) (03/16/89)
I am looking for a RELIABLE hard disk (>= 40MB, hopefully fast, reasonable price) for a Mac Plus. Can anyone recommend one ? Also is it worth to invest further onto a Mac Plus or I should be looking for a Mac SE ? Thanks in advance. Any comment would be appreciated. -dan.