[Ti] Mac is completely Down (Platinum Powerbook 1g mem)

[Lord Arrannen & Lady Lewinna]

I've had errors like that crop up from time to time.  the disk passes  
the S.M.A.R.T tests, but comes up with directory errors that cant be  
fixed.  the ONLY way I've managed to recover is to reformat the disk  
(which solves the errors) I picked up TechTool pro and have its  
automatic diagnostics set to check and repair directories every 4 hours.

 From what I can gather, its a small error that if its caught early  
enough that it can be fixed but left alone, the errors compound till  
they arent able to be fixed.  Since installing techtool pro, I've not  
had any more problems

good luck!



On Sep 30, 2006, at 7:50 PM, Barbara Needham wrote:

> m_flynn at comcast.net on 9/30/06 said
>
>> Can the OS be installed on an external drive? Maybe I could do  
>> that and
>> see if I could save some of the data?
>
> If you have another mac available [preferably in the hands of a mac
> knowledgable person] and can connect them by firewire.. turn yours off
> and leave the other one one. Connect the firewire. Turn your mac on  
> while
> holding down the "T" key.
> Yours should turn "on" with a firewire symbol floating across the  
> screen.
> Then look on the other computer and yours will appear on their  
> desktop as
> a mounted volume.
> You can then transfer the files you want to the other computer.  
> when you
> are done transferring all the files you want, remember to eject the
> virtual disk before disconnecting. Then turn off your computer. Then
> disconnect the firewire.
>
> After you are sure you have what you want [which should work,  
> because you
> are NOT using your operating system.] then you can do all that running
> disk warrior. Of course if it doesn't work, you might as well run disk
> warrior anyway!
> -- 
> Barbara Needham