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- From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
- Subject: Re: System 7.1 Bug, PB 180 Bug or Bad HD?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.154059.4689@tdb.uu.se>
- Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
- Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 15:40:59 GMT
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- Eric Goodman (ericg@hum.ucsc.edu) wrote:
- : 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).
-
- Did you reformat your hard drive after doing the repartition? I think this
- is neccesary.
-
- /Mats
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- Mats Bredell Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
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