Author: Brian Van Tilborg (66.207.116.33)
Date: 03-28-2005 23:45
Hi
Yes interestingly enough, I can no longer boot off of Atari Hard Drive software, on disk or from the Drive itself. Results in bombs, or sends the computer into a confused mode.
I tried HD Driver but it doesn't want to boot it either,
but I do have ICD Cleanup, and it will boot the drive so that the hard drive reappears, and the floppy drive files are also useable.
(Don't ask me why the TT won't read the floppy when the hard drive doesn't work)
Regardless, I can locate my files on partition C and am copying them over to my XP BOX. Some files are corrupted on this partition as well.
Partition D which I was looking at is completely gone,
Partition E is there but shows up on the desktop as Partition D.
So it looks like this drive was on the verge of disaster anyways, and I am happy I can salvage some files.
ICD will boot this hard drive but errors that there is no ICD Linkhost adapter, so I can't actually use the software, which is probably where you have thought ahead and mention the external option.
Once I get as much software off this drive, I will try to get some driver software to work on the internal scsi.
SHould the software recognize the size of the drive, and does the drive need to be reformatted (if that stuff is still done, hd driver manual says it isn't), or can I simply repartition it and all the bad stuff clears?
I really don't know if the files were bad or the drive is degrading just yet.
Anyways, things aren't good, but they are not horrible either.
Luckily I have THOUSANDS of pieces of boxed software for my ST/tt/falcon collection, just in case I run into these kind of things. I just happened to be buying machines with the software installed, and never bothered to learn about them:-).
Thanks again for the help.
More stupid question will follow,
i am certain of it;-).
BDAqua wrote:
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The files are most likely still there, but you'd need an external SCSI HD to boot off of,(or put that drive in an external case), or perhaps a Floppy with ICD Pro on it... ICD's Cleanup may help also.
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