[G4] Need Help, HD and Finder suddenly don't mount

[Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)]

Are you running Classic? If so go to your System Preferences, click the
"Classic" icon, click the "Advanced" tab, move the slider bar "Put Classic
to sleep when it is inactive for" all the way to "Never".

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> From: 	Gregory  Cortelyou
> Reply To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> Sent: 	Friday, January 17, 2003 1:17 AM
> To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> Subject: 	[G4] Need Help, HD and Finder suddenly don't mount
> 
> Hi
> So this morning I was putting my G4/350 AGP to sleep. As occasionally
> happens, it did not fully go to sleep, I always suspect some USB conflict.
> Anyway, I had to do a hard restart which I have done before. I am running
> 10.2.3 and have never had any major problems. Until now. So the restart
> gets
> me logged in, gets to the desktop, but no HD mounts, got the dock, but the
> Finder is inactive. Run disk first aid from Jaguar CD which tells me I
> have
> an "overlapped extent allocation" and a some file code, this is repeated 5
> times in a row before the end of the verification. DFA cannot repair the
> problem. I have TechTool pro, the latest version on my 9.2 partition and
> ran
> it from there and it found the problem, but after about an hour it crashed
> and I shut down and went down to the Apple Store here in NYC. The genius
> there told me that the "overlapped extent allocation" meant that during
> the
> sleep/restart crash, something had written over something else on the disk
> and this is very bad. I said, yeah. He said try Disk Warrior which I had
> to
> buy. Disk Warrior did it's thing, created a new directory in about an hour
> and a half. I inspected it, hit "replace" and crossed my fingers. At
> restart, I get the same thing, no HD mounted and no Finder active. Dock is
> there and functions, but no menu bar at the top. Ran disk first aid again
> from Jag CD and it says "HD appears to be ok". Fsck -y says the same
> thing.
> But it is not ok. I have other partitions and they are not affected. I
> have
> backed up my home folder and am willing to reinstall but wish I didn't
> have
> to. I will of course be terrified to ever try to put my computer to sleep
> again. I have no crazy stuff attached via USB, just an old HP printer, a
> zip
> drive, a keyboard, mouse, belkin hub, all things that have been on the
> computer for 3 years. Am I wrong to suspect USB as a culprit in the sleep
> problem? Anyway, right now I need some advice on how to get back up and
> running on my 10.2.3 partition. Thanks.
> Greg 
> 
> 
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