On Mar 1, 2:37 pm, Britt Dodd <brittman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh!!! I know whats going on. Porgrams like FWB could password protect a > volume. I did this before on accident and it seemed to operate similiarly to > what you're describing, although im sure 9 other programs did things > similiarly.
If your hard drive formatting utility was used to set up the drive with a password, you're probably out of luck. I don't recall ever reading of ways to hack around that, although I have a vague memory that there were some for the older password schemes -- then my memory tells me that was for the old TI-59 mag strip cards... Anyway, two things you can do... If you can remember which hard drive formatting utility was used to set up the drive, use that to "Initialize" or "Install Driver" on the drive. Do not format the drive. When you're done the drive will appear blank, but all (or most of) your old files should still be there. You can then use something like Norton Disk Doctor to recover the contents. You might also try a bootable Norton disk before initializing the drive to see what it tells you. Or, you can just use a formatting utility to format the drive. This will make the drive usable, but you'll lose the contents for sure. Jeff Walther -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
