[MacDV] Re: can't see formac ext disk

[James Asherman]

On Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at 03:17  PM, Erica Sadun wrote:

>> thanks Jim
>>
>>> Initializing means formatting. Puts the mac basic file system on the 
>>> disc. Usually
>>> a good thing to do with a new disc.
>>
>> got that bit - it wants me to do it but I don't want to because it's 
>> got stuff on it I want, hence the question
>>
>>> The ATA bus is the disc controller. It is the many pin ribbon cable 
>>> plugged into your discs.
>>
>> great - this makes sense now but how can I plug that into a powerbook 
>> or imac  - perhaps using an adaptor?
>>
>> regards
>
> I'm coming into this discussion rather late. Mark, if you
> need to save your data, you're probably best going to
> a computer store and asking for help. Dropping hints,
> such as "if you lose the data on this disk, I'll be
> forced to send out my cousin Guido to rearrange your kneecaps"
> may help as well.
>
> If you're plugging in the disk and it keeps saying "Do you
> want to format", then you're probably already past the point
> of do-it-yourself.
>
> -- Erica
>

Or if you have a friend with a tower and a screwdriver maybe He/She 
could save your data for you by installing temporarily in that machine 
before you go back and reformat.
But it really could be corrupt already.
J