At 7:02 PM -0800 12/29/2009, JIM RAPER wrote: >My old G4 Sawtooth is being phased out. Been having HD problems for >a while. The HD I want to recover files and "stuff" from is a Maxtor >60gig 5400. I had two HDs. The other was a 10g Maxtor 7200. I made >the 10g my boot drive and used the larger for storage. The 60 kept >getting worse and worse. Making a lot of runup noise and pings and >pops. Sometimes it wouldn't mount. I would then let it cool and >could occasionally get it back onto my desktop. I retrieved as much >as I could with a little jump drive a little at a time. Mostly music >and pictures left. Bought an 8GB Lexar today to try to get the last >bits off. BUT so far today no luck in mounting the 60g. I've booting >with OS CD, tried as best I could with Disk Utility. It tells me it >needs repair; it tries to repair, then says it can't; and >subsequently tells me I need to maybe use a third party disk utility.
If the drive in question does not contain your boot volume, then you don't need to boot on the OS CD. Just use Disk Utility from the booted system. If Disk Utility cannot repair the drive, then DiskWarrior might. BUT from the rest of your description, it sounds like that drive is dying fast. You mention letting it cool sometimes fixed things temporarily... So, it might be time to try putting the drive in a sealed plastic bag and freeze it for a while. HTH, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
