The 3400c required special versions of 7.6 and 7.6.1. You cannot, therefore, boot the machine from just any version of the system software.I have just been through this with a 2400c (technologically very similar to the 3400c), and so it is all fresh in my mind. There is even a special updater to 7.6.1 from 7.6 available for download on Apple servers, specific to the 3400c. Even the more standard system updater doesn't work.
"Open me" I have never heard of, either. If I were faced with the problem, I think that I would try to boot the thing from an OS 8.1/8.5/8.6/9.1 CD (or up to 8.5, from a Disk Tools floppy) and see if that got me anywhere. Maybe somehow the 'Where have all my files gone' message has been altered by a shareware utility or the like. Booting into 8.1 or higher might solve the problem, or would at least confirm that the problem is not that the drive is formatted as an HFS+ rather than HFS disk. HFS+, as has been noted, was introduced with 8.1, so a machine booted into OS8 would not be able to access an HFS+ drive. If you have the means of making a floppy, an 8.1 Disk Tools image is available at http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/316 . To work with the image and make a floppy, you'll need another free-from- Apple download called Disk Copy. A further thought springs to mind: is anything in the Trash? Maybe everything was dragged there but the files not deleted. That would be worth confirming. In this case, the space would be 'occupied' on the drive but there would be nothing showing up in the Finder. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
