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| DATE | Dec 21, 2006 |
| TICKET | #332593 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | iBook G4 Drive; Damaged directory |
| CAT | Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices |
| TYPE | Computer Hardware (RAM, Drives, Video Cards, Motherbaord, CPU, etc) |
| DESC | Case, Tower |
| DESC | |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (PowerPC G3,G4,G5) |
| MODEL | iBook G4 |
| PROC | ?? |
| RAM | ?? |
| DRIVE | 60 something gigs |
| NAME | Ben |
| USERNAME | bensampson |
| TECHNICAL | Lots of Experience |
| ISSUE | Lots of Troubleshooting |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> iBook G4 Drive; Damaged directory
bensampson - Dec 21, 2006 - 2:09 am
Something happened all of the sudden with my girlfriend's iBook G4, it started to be very slow and then it wouldn't start up. I booted from the system CD and almost started a new install, but went to check Disk Utility first to see if I could just repair it. It couldn't repair it so I went back to the installer, and then the drive wouldn't show up. I used my Diskwarrior boot CD but it wouldn't start up from that for some reason.
So I booted from my G5 hard drive via target disk mode and ran Diskwarrior from there, but it said the directory was too damaged and it couldn't fix it! So what are my other options? I could just erase the hard drive but I really don't want her to lose all her stuff, she has important vacation photos and contacts and all kind of stuff. Is there some other program I can try or do I need to take it to a recovery service?
Thanks!!
So I booted from my G5 hard drive via target disk mode and ran Diskwarrior from there, but it said the directory was too damaged and it couldn't fix it! So what are my other options? I could just erase the hard drive but I really don't want her to lose all her stuff, she has important vacation photos and contacts and all kind of stuff. Is there some other program I can try or do I need to take it to a recovery service?
Thanks!!
bobw - Dec 21, 2006 - 9:36 am
Hi Ben
Try this also, when running DiskWarrior, if you simply hold down the Option key on the keyboard, the Rebuild button will change into a Scavenge button. Scavenge is a more-thorough scan and repair than is Rebuild.
Turn the iBook on it's side or upside down and see if it will boot that way. Changing the orientation sometimes will get it going.
If you have a PC available, you can try taking the drive out of the iBook and connecting to the Pc and use MacDrive;
http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/ to get the files.
You can take the drive out of the iBook, wrap it
Here are two programs that you can try for recover of the files;
The following has worked for a number of people;
Data rescue
http://www.prosofteng.com
Data Recovery
http://datarecoverymacosx.com/
If these won't work, then a commercial recovery company would be the only other option.
Good luck.
bobw
http://www.macosx.com
Try this also, when running DiskWarrior, if you simply hold down the Option key on the keyboard, the Rebuild button will change into a Scavenge button. Scavenge is a more-thorough scan and repair than is Rebuild.
Turn the iBook on it's side or upside down and see if it will boot that way. Changing the orientation sometimes will get it going.
If you have a PC available, you can try taking the drive out of the iBook and connecting to the Pc and use MacDrive;
http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/ to get the files.
You can take the drive out of the iBook, wrap it
Here are two programs that you can try for recover of the files;
The following has worked for a number of people;
Quote:
| I enclosed the naked drive in a plastic bag to keep out moisture and froze it overnight. Then in the morning I let it warm up for several hours and plugged it in. I let it run for about an hour to get it warm again (like drives normally get when running; remember the drive would spin but not mount). And it mounted, and ran fine! And I was able to copy all 30 GB of data to a new drive. The theory being that the freezing caused parts to contract and the rewarming caused them to re-expand and this release the stuck parts (probably the read/write arms). |
http://www.prosofteng.com
Data Recovery
http://datarecoverymacosx.com/
If these won't work, then a commercial recovery company would be the only other option.
Good luck.
bobw
http://www.macosx.com
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