on 6/24/00 "john tree" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder if anyone can help.
OK, I'll try to help.
>
> I have had a major disaster with my 2400. I needed to optomize the disk so I
> mounted the 10gig drive on my G4 desktop with the powerbook in scisi mode.
You must have a single 10 gb partition drive. The 2400 doesn't recognize
much beyond 4 gb due to a known rom limitation. They may show in the
directory but might not be reliably accessible. When you mounted the drive
in SCSI mode could you actually see/read the files?
>
> Crashed norton while doing it.
Norton has been fairly/unfairly maligned depending on one's point of view
and experiences. It could have choked on the directory (Disk Warrior is best
for this), particularly in SCSI mode where files written to the HD that
overran the 4 gb limit were not properly recognized. Also never optimize
without first cleaning up the directory and performing all other prudent
disk maintenance. Never consider a backup clean (especially if it's the only
copy you've made) until the source HD itself is free of read/write &
directory problems.
>
> Restarted and all was still there so before going further I copied my entire
> disk onto the G4 as a backup. Things got worse so I ended up starting the
> powerbook up from a cd and doing a low level format and re installing OS 9
> clean.
Always check the integrity of the backup before wiping out the primary data.
Secondly, making a 2nd backup on external media isn't a bad idea either.
Some people recommend low level formats, even regularly, but I personally
opt for just using the latest Apple drivers and doing rigorous disk
maintenance. I've seen and read of too many problems arising from low level
formats of previously formatted disks--without apparent rhyme or reason.
>
> Then to my horror I discover that 7000 of my 22000 files (now residing on my
> G4) have damaged resource forks and are toast.
Possibly those 7000 lay outside of the 2400's 4 gb SCSI limit.
>
> My question.
>
> Is there anyway I can check file by file what is damaged and what isnt?
> Norton just allows me to print off a 185 page document with all the damaged
> files listed.
Use ResEdit to go into the files to edit/restore resource forks. Use
CanOpener to extract text and graphics into new files. Use Driver Savers if
all else fails and your data is really precious.
>
> I would love to be able to check files individually so I know which ones I
> should bin.
7000 files are a lot to check.
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Sidney Ho
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