--- Visionary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > William: > > Wiping the drive is an option and really, it's a > matter of routine with me. > But I'd hoped to be able to get a backup first in > hopes of rescuing some of > the software presently on the disk. Thus the need > for networkability -- to > do the backup before starting over.
Got another Mac? Plug the HD into it. No second Mac? Got a PC with a SCSI controller? Plug it into the PC then setup the Basilisk II 68k Mac emulator. :) http://gamma.nic.fi/~lpesonen/BasiliskII/ It can read HFS formatted SCSI hard drives, even boot from them. Another useful tool is Nero Burning ROM for Windows ("real" Nero, not the crap new Nero Express!). Nero can burn direct from an HFS formatted hard drive to CD-R/RW. I've only tried it with drives of 650meg or less, formatted as a single partition. Dunno if it can pick one partition of a drive with more than one. There's almost always a way to "rescue" software from a Mac's hard drive, even if you have to use a PC to do it! :) An interesting thing to note with Mac OS 9.x and older, they do not support "proper" multisession on HFS/HFS+ CD-ROMs. Each session on the CD mounts as a seperate drive on the desktop. I don't know what they do with a multisession ISO-9660 CD-ROM, never tried one with a Mac. ===== http://www.junkscience.com "All the Junk that's fit to Debunk!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
