[G4] FW: Lost LaCie external HD and more

[Eric Wood]

Hi Joe,

For the hard drive, I'd say power it off, unplug it, and then try
plugging it in and turning it on, and then try it in reverse if it
doesn't work that way. Another thought is leaving it on and plugged in,
and then restarting the system. If you can have the drive show up in
Disk Utility, have it verify or repair (if you do select repair, it will
automatically verify it in the process) and see if it checks out. If it
does end up making a repair, have it check again and make sure it's OK.

As for deleted files, it's hard to know how many potentially important
files have been lost, if that's indeed what's happened, so your best bet
is to reinstall the applications if possible. Check your system discs
for packages that will install just your iApps. Hopefully your system
CDs or DVDs will have that available. If your available documentation
can't give you a solution, well it'll be up to someone with more
knowledge of this particular problem than I have.

Eric

On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 14:06 -0500, Joe wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Joseph Glynn" <jglynn40 at sprintpcs.com>
> To: G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com; "Joe GLYNN" <glynn696 at aol.com>
> Sent: 9/23/07 1:52 PM
> Subject: Lost LaCie external HD and more
> 
> Hello,
> I'm new to the group, but I'm in desperate need of help.
>  
> I Have a:
> Power Mac G4      (EMC#1096)
> Ethernet ID: 0003996CB404
> PMG4 1 GHZ DP/2M CACHE/512MB SDRAM (I added a extra 512SDRAM hopefully OK)/80GB HD DVD-R/CDRW/NV17 Dual/56K MDM/GIGE
> (As seen threw the eyes of a guy with bifocals)
> 
> Operation System: OS X 10.4.10
> Processor: Dual 1 GHz Power PC G4
> 2 MB L3 cache per processor
> Memory: 1 GB SDRAM
> 
> If it helps, my doors are not mirrored or the case is not blue, the sides are silver with clear plastic handles and the front is a flat gray color.
> 
> Problem 1:
>  When the computer is not shut down properly(from a lock up or power outage), I can't find my external HD (LaCie 200gb) that is hooked up with a fire wire. I have found it in the past using Diskwarrior from Alsoft, but no I can't find it using that software anymore.
>  I can see it when I use the Application/utilities/ Disk Utility.app, but when I click on it, it says the smart status is not Supported.
> 
> Problem 2:
> (Which might be part of problem 1) 
>  My G4's memory is really full, and my printer and OS9 were not working. So in one of my attempts to fix it myself I started deleting old files that were really big. I thought I was doing good until I went to open I-cal/Address book and they were not there anymore. I have all my old disks from my up grades, Tiger, Panther etc. I'm not sure what to do next. I have a copy of my cal/address book on my Sprint 6700 that I was syncing up everyday using Markspace software.
> 
> SOS from a guy who is trying his best.
> Joe
> 
> 
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