Try another system disk (from another version and floppy). You might also want to clean the drive pins and make sure that the drive is formatted in something System 7 would even see (most Macs can't even detect an EXT4 formatted drive). On May 23, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Austin Leeds wrote:
> So, I picked up a free Performa 410 (better known as the plain old LC > II) from my aunt and uncle yesterday and was messing around with it (I > know, the beginning of soooo many bad events). Yesterday it was > running fine. Today, the hard drive won't work. I can hear it whirring > up for a few seconds when I turn the Performa on, but then it spins > down almost immediately. > > I have a second HD I pulled from a LaCie Tsunami (bad timing, I know), > and it's good, but when I try using it with the Performa, it'll spin > up and sound like it's doing something, but my System 7.1 utilities > floppy disk won't recognize it. > > Help? > > -- > ----- > 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 [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- 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 [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
