M_David_Green@cup.portal.com (03/20/88)
I seem to recall that a few months back there was a discussion going on h about the JCLOCK init and the way that it seems to destroy hard drives. Well, these things never come to mind until after the fact, eh? The ONLY thing I did differently was adding JCLOCK to the system folder of my hard drive, and the system booted up nicely, ran for a few minutes, and promptly told me my hard disk did not exist (in a manner of speaking). Now the disk saver utility won't correct my disk (although it recognizes it and calls it by its given name.) Yes, I'm backed up, but not as immediately as I wish I were. How can I save my disk without initializing the whole thing (as my computer seems so anxious to do every time I boot up on a floppy)? Any advice? -M.
sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) (03/24/88)
In article <3979@cup.portal.com> M_David_Green@cup.portal.com writes: >I seem to recall that a few months back there was a discussion going on h >about the JCLOCK init and the way that it seems to destroy hard drives. Well, >these things never come to mind until after the fact, eh? > >The ONLY thing I did differently was adding JCLOCK to the system folder of my >hard drive, and the system booted up nicely, ran for a few minutes, and >promptly told me my hard disk did not exist (in a manner of speaking). Now the >disk saver utility won't correct my disk (although it recognizes it and calls >it by its given name.) > >Yes, I'm backed up, but not as immediately as I wish I were. How can I save >my disk without initializing the whole thing (as my computer seems so anxious >to do every time I boot up on a floppy)? Any advice? > >-M. MacZap to the rescue! It's available for about $35 mail-order, and well worth it. As a side note, if anything terrible does happen to your hard disk (i.e., more than just needing to rebuild the desktop), DON'T (I repeat, DON'T), let any so-called "disk saver" utilities "fix" the disk. This includes Disk First Aid (which usually only works on mountable disks anyway), and MacTools (which will helpfully offer to mount an unmountable disk and thereby erase the directory). If your disk has crashed hard enough that it doesn't boot, you can also try writing a new copy of the SCSI driver. If it still doesn't boot, or the Finder complains that it's "unreadable", use MacZap first to recover what you can (usually all of it). Then a complete reformat is usually in order. Hope this helps someone -- it's coming from much regretted experience... -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." ...!cmcl2!esquire!sbb | - David Letterman