Hi Bob
Thanks for asking. It's a bit of a saga - disk utility kept throwing
errors and wouldn't erase the drive, but after a few tries it did
erase. Then superduper couldn't see it to restore (all this is while
booted from a firewire drive). So I erased it again - several attempts
later - and sd managed to spot it and I began to restore. 3 hours later
it had managed a couple of hundred mb out of 50 gb so I gave up. The
drive did show in the finder for a day, then vanished again.
Then I accidentally found a diagnostic tool - system profiler lists the
s.m.a.r.t status of the disc as 'failing', so I guess it's shopping
time
Thanks for your help
Alastair
On 14 May 2009, at 14:54, Robert Howells wrote:
Hi Alastair
Wondering how you made out with your problem ?
Cheers
bob
On 11/05/2009, at 10:56 AM, mince and pud wrote:
Bob
Thanks for your advice. Currently backing up my backup (!) then will
pile in with a reformat.
Your comments on new drive noted.
How does the battery affect the drive choice? I rarely use it
unplugged, not least because the battery life is rubbish - battery
was new 2.5 years ago and never lasted more than 2 hours and now does
barely 1
Just that if you needed to use it on battery over a continuous one
session extended period
then a drive using less current would extend the battery useful time .
Typically a smaller capacity drive usually would use less power .
But there are " drives and yet again " drives " .
Brand of drive and individual drive by that brand vary in power
consumption.
Since you rarely use it unplugged that would probably not affect your
choice .
Bob
thanks
Alastair
On 11 May 2009, at 03:41, Robert Howells wrote:
On 11/05/2009, at 10:19 AM, mince and pud wrote:
Hi gurus
update - at the second attempt there's still no disc in the finder
but disk utility can see it. Toshiba blah blah is in black but its
name - hard drive - is greyed out. Disk repair fails, saying, among
other things in red -
invalid volume header
volume check failed
Is it worth getting diskwarrior (which I don't have) to try, or
does it seem dead?
Or as the data isn't vital. could I reformat the drive and start
again?
That is probably the quickest surest way out of this .... BUT
like why did it crash ? is the question you should address as
well !
Powerbook 1.5 GHZ seems to me that might be say 4 years old !
If this is the original hard drive then it is probably at or close
to end of life .
Laptop hard drives do not last as long as desktops ... they are
usually 2.5 instead of 3.5 drives
they work harder and heat can be more of a problem !
Replacement is sometimes possible yourself if you have the
correct tools ,
but less stressful if you have somebody like Apple Joondalup do it
for you !
Then there is the matter of what size new drive ... and how good is
your battery ...
and how much to do you normally use it without power connected .
Bigger hard drive equals more power used , more power/heat
inside the unit .
There will be a maximum size drive for your circumstances .
Suggest you reformat the drive but do not rely on it .
There is a strong chance that the drive activity in reloading the
software will cause it to
fail again
Good luck
Bob
Your wisdom always appreciated
best regards
Alastair
powerbook 1.5ghz os 10.4 80gb drive
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