Re: Repairing corrupted IIgs hardisk?

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

>A2Pro wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> Mitchell Spector wrote:
>> <--- snip --->
>> 
>>>    Is there any other software worth trying, perhaps something
>>>like Universe Master?
>> 
>> <--- snip --->
>> 
>>     I was going to suggest Glen Bredon's "MR.FIXIT" but it probably
>> won't be any help if the partition map is a mess as "MR.FIXIT" works
>> on partitions.  But it wouldn't hurt to try as long as you stay with
>> the 'test' option.
>
>I agree that it sounds like the partition table is damaged.
>
>If you could just re-write the partition table, you might find
>your disk intact...

    I tried Universe Master, Deliverance and Mr. Fixit, all proved
futile since they will only work on partitions you can *SEE*. If 
for the partition is not visible to ProDOS, it's not visible to these
repair utilities. ProSel-16's volume repair option proved equally 
as useless. Rather distrubing, I though they were more robust.

    In the end I just gave up and re-partitioned and formatted
the drive, restoring from a 6 month old backup off Zip disks.
Not sure where the fault lies--SCSI devices improperly set up,
damaged internal SCSI cable, ZipGS instability, or even a faulty 
motherboard. Whatever the case may be, even though I lost 
only a small amount data this time, it still leaves me with little
confidence in storing data on the GS.

    I really need to take the whole thing apart and get it stable
again, I think a new ROM 3 motherboard is a good place to
start. Coming up on 20 years I've owned my GS, not about to 
give up on it yet. :)

Mitchell Spector