>> 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?
I presume you mean 4gig limit in SCUSI mode.
Yes. I had heard of that but when the drive mounted on my desktop I though I
had heard wrong. Ipresumed that type of thing would either work or not. (it
was weird how there wasnt a "desktop folder" on my 2400 drive, the 2400
desktop just overlaid onto my G4 desktop printers and all)
I could see and read the files as I regularly mirrored the 2400 drive onto
the G4 as a backup an I accesed the files when I didnt have my 2400 with me
sometimes. So it seemed fine.
>>
>> 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.
Do you use disk warrior for this?
>>
>> 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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