On 27 Okt., 15:18, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My Reply follows quote. On 27/10/2008 05:22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > said: > > > tried to repair a PowerMac G3 and found the reason for why the > >machine's crashing very often, one of the DIMMs was the reason. > > >After that I started a filesystem check and since then the PowerMac > >wouldn't start any more. When starting from an installation DVD and > >starting the harddisk manager application the volume is greyed out and > >the application isn't able to repair the filesystem. Any ideas how to > >repair the filesystem and/or rescue the data from the harddisk? > > -------------- > Depending on operating system, Data Rescue Classic or Data Rescue II.
The machine's running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. I will now try mounting the volume using Ubuntu 6.06, maybe that helps. > $99 is the price of no back up. I learned the hard way. Thanks for that hint. > You will need the application on some sort of bootable disk. > > Ken > > http://mysite.verizon.net/res7gt1w/stackomacs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
