[X-Unix] Start, re-start? again & again?

[Norman Cohen]

You might want to try diskwarrior first. It may be able to resurrect 
your drive to the point you can reinitialize and reinstall. Many 
members of this list swear by DW. I've never had the need to use it 
though.

Norm
Norman Cohen
nacohen at mac.com

"The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all 
our adversities."
Sophocles
On Feb 11, 2004, at 10:30 AM, CP wrote:

> I've tried to just re-install a new OS, but it doesn't see the drive? 
> Which means I can't reformat or anything.
>
> Sure sounds like I'm headed to the local Staples to buy a drive.
>
> What if I hook my external 160 GB drive (after installing the OS on 
> it, it should start from that… right? Then maybe it would see the 
> other drive? At which time, I could take the files off…
>
> Skip
>
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