Re: Blinking question mark
George Scott (gscott@mail.central.stpaul.k12.mn.us)
Mon, 8 Jan 1996 19:24:08 EST
>Libby,
>
>First, pop the cover off the LC II to verify that in the front left there
>is, in fact, still a hard drive there! If it is, your troubleshooting
>steps so far indicate it is either unplugged or broken. Just verify that
>the flat gray ribbon cable is secure both into the hard drive and onto the
>mother board (wiggle it a bit is the technical description!), and check the
>power connector too. If these three physical checks indicate no problems,
>it's probably the internal mechanism of the hard drive. If your district
>has its own repair facility, you might let them look at it. Is the data on
>the drive backed up? Do you need it? If not, it might be cheaper just to
>buy a new drive that hassle with the repairs.
Good advice and hard to argue with the pro..he's probably right...but if
you like to go the distance...
Get "Silver Lining" from LeCie (or is it LaCie). They advertise in most Mac
related Magazines. It will mount almost everything. Try to do a low level
format..not initialization..it may or may not work...but then you will know
for sure.
I have had a lot of luck recovering "lost" drives with Silver Lining and
think it sould be in everyones utilities file.
By the way I have nothing to do with LaCie.
George Scott
gscott@mail.central.stpaul.k12.mn.us
Communications Technology Program
Central Sr. High--St. Paul, MN
http://voyager.central.stpaul.k12.mn.us