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- From: ericg@hum.ucsc.edu (Eric Goodman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: System 7.1 Bug, PB 180 Bug or Bad HD?
- Message-ID: <1icjloINNnh3@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 18:22:48 GMT
- Organization: UC Santa Cruz
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- X-XXDate: Tue, 5 Jan 93 10:28:35 GMT
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- I've got a PowerBook 180 4/120 (Finally!) and am having an annoying if
- not fatal problem with the hard drive. I repartitioned the hard drive to
- reclaim the hidden space, then re-installed Sys 7.1 from the installer
- disks, in case that's important. The problem is that whenever I have a
- crash that requires a restart the internal drive is corrupted. The drive
- is found with no problems, but I get the "This disk is damaged, Do you
- want to initialize it?" message. I can get the drive back by running
- Norton Disk Doctor, though Norton says the disk may be damaged. This is
- an infinitely repeatable problem.
-
- So the question is as the title says: Is this something wrong with the
- System 7.1 installer, the PB ROMs or just a bad HD? (I am hoping to avoid
- reformatting because of the 85 Meg of stuff I'd have to back up - also,
- if this is a known problem, I'd like it solved before the backup, not
- after).
-
- Thanks in advance -
-
- Eric Goodman
- Humanities Computing
- UC Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz, CA 95064
- ericg@hum.ucsc.edu
- ericg@ucschu.BITNET
-