I've got 7.0.1, 7.1.1, and 7.2.1p, and none of them will recognize the drive. When I pulled the drive (both are SCSI Quantum ProDrives, btw) from its external case, it was a perfectly formatted System 7 disk.
What's weird is, I did two things last night—deleted the old documents and applications from the original disk in preparation for a clean 7.5.3 install (I did leave the system folder in place), and I dusted out the inside of the case with a feather duster. Could either of these have done something to screw up the old drive? On May 23, 1:22 pm, Alex Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > > netiquette guide is athttp://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 > > athttp://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/
