On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 2:58 PM, Dan| Colwell wrote:
I have a recurring error message. In the last 2 months it has shown up 5 times, the shortest span being 11 days apart. Here it is:
"There is a problem with the disk "Macintosh HD". Some information may have been lost. Check any recently used files for data loss, and use a disk repair program on the disk."
Sounded pretty serious to me......I have OS 9.2.1 on a 400 MHz Pismo with 320 RAM. I cannot use my USB mouse but the trackball works. Time still runs. Opened note pad, but froze on Simple Text. Control/Open-Apple/Power button gets it to restart, but gets to smiling Mac and then continuously loops through the restart process until I press the reset button on the back. That gets it so I can start up fine, just needing to reset Time & Date. I have run Norton Disk Doctor, DiskWarrior and Disk First Aid and all checks out fine. Until it happens again.
I am anal about backing up (that little USB jump drive is sooo cool), and I have just convinced my wife that I need a bigger HD anyway. (oops, sorry, I should have mentioned I have 10GB, I believe it's the original. I bought this for myself last Christmas...) I'm leaning towards the 40GB Travelstar and hope that it will solve the problem and be a lot quieter BUT would like to know more about this error and what to do to avoid it in the future.
I am using Digest Mode, so will check back to see what info anyone has. Been on this list for about 6 months and now can't live without it... Feel the same about my Pismo. Now if I can just get up the courage for OSX!
My first comment will be: upgrade to OS X. Seriously. OS 9 has some serious issues when dealing with file system problems. I have several B&W machines that exhibit this same behavior - even after replacing the hard drives and moving from SCSI to IDE drives. It only happens under OS 9, not under OS X. I would continue making backups if I were you - it may be that your drive is in danger of imminent failure. But I suspect that you have the same problem I do and that it is related to the disk controller on the motherboard.
OS X is much more forgiving of hard drive directory issues than OS 9 is.
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