[zachs]

Hi.

Last night Mac OS X 10.2.6 completely froze up on me. So I did a force-restart using Command-Control-Power. When i restarted, I got a blinking system folder (meaning no valid system was found).

So I restarted again, while holding Option. However, my hard drive did not show up on the Startup Disk Manager.

I tried holding the reset button for 5 seconds, but no go.

I then started up from my external LaCie 120 GB hard drive (Mac OS 9.0). Then when it started up I got an error saying something similar to "You have inserted an unrecognizable disk. Do you want to initialize it?" - meaning my HD. I obviously clicked cancel.

So now I am forced to use my external HD and cannot retreive any of my files from my internal one.


Can anyone give me advice?
Thanks in advance.

[iNeusch]

restart your internal drive on the MacOSX cd and before starting to install go in the Installer menu and select "run disk utility"

You should be able to repair from there, but don't erase the drive

It worked for me a couple times

[iWrite]

Why don't you restart with your system software CD inserted and holding down C?

Then you can do an "Archive and install" option at the very least.

Good luck.

[MacNStein]

Do you have a copy of Diskwarrior?

[zachs]

restart your internal drive on the MacOSX cd and before starting to install go in the Installer menu and select "run disk utility"

Thanks. I'll try that.

Why don't you restart with your system software CD inserted and holding down C?

Because my HD isn't being recognized...that's the problem. It's as tho I don't even have one installed.

Do you have a copy of Diskwarrior?

No. Should I pick up a copy? How much $$$ is it?