[WinMac] Re: Flashing Question Mark
Jerry Smith(jerryfs[at]saipan.com)
Fri, 4 Jun 1999 10:59:37 +1000
"Kimmey, Dennis" <DKIMMEY@IGC.com> wrote:
>Help! Help!
>
>One of our Mac users was transferring files from her Mac (PowerMac 7600/120
>OS 8.5.1) to an NT 4.0 SP3) Server when it suddenly flashed a message to the
>effect "an error of type [a number she can't remember] has occurred]", then
>displayed the disk icon with a flashing question mark inside it.
>
>I tried booting with a Disk Tools 8.5.1 disk, but it gave me a dialog box
>asking if I wanted to initialize the hard drive. Same thing when I booted
>from an external hard drive containing a universal install of the Mac OS.
>
>Unfortunately the last full backup was done in November. Does anyone have
>any ideas how the data can be saved or know of a good data recovery company?
I had a similar problem with the hard drive on my new Powerbook last week:
a flashing question mark and an unrecognizable/unmountable drive when
booting externally. Neither Disk First Aid, Norton Utilities 4.0, or
Techtool Pro 2.1.1 could do a thing with it. Then I tried Alsoft's
DiskWarrior, and it did the trick. It was able to rebuild the file
directory so that the drive was mountable and accessible again.
That was my first experience with Diskwarrior and I was quite impressed.
Its kind of expensive, but I figured it paid for itself that first time.
Good luck,
Jerry
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Jerry Smith
Northern Marianas College
jerryfs@saipan.com
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