Re: FLASH: Re: MAC OS HELP _ EMERGENCY - HELP

[Meshach Weber]

In case this helps you (or anybody) next time around.


Based on what you are saying your drive was bad for quite a while before you

went down for good. This can go on for a year (or more) sometimes. Solution:

get a high-quality drive to begin with and get an app like Norton disk

doctor to check it every now and then. If you constantly have freezes

irregardless of your Extension manager settings and Norton keeps telling you

the drive is messed up, replace it. You can still use it as a backup or

capture drive. Most people ignore these warnings and then it's too late.

Drives can limp along a lot longer than people realise, they are not

lighbulbs. Also, I have rescued a few drives with a little creative Norton

action that techs had said were lost for good.


>

From: Franke James <frankejamesgang [dot] com>

>

Reply-To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 10:24:21 -0400

>

To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Re: MAC OS HELP _ EMERGENCY - HELP

> 

> Daniel,

> 

> I've had far too much experience in this lately ;-) But I still love Macs.

> My G3 was freezing (running OS 8.6) and crashing regularly causing my Flash

> files (striking terror in your heart?) to get corrupted. I would save

> versions and then have to go back to earlier versions, because whatever

> flash file was open would be "history". These were monster files of 30 and

> 40mb. (swf's are under 1 mg)

> 

> End result: My 9gb.hard-drive came up with a flashing question mark (?) and

> I had to send it in for repairs. The hard-drive was under warranty, however,

> (legal loophole) if I wanted to try reclaiming the data it would void the

> warranty!

> 

> I sent it to CBL Data Recovery (1.800.551.3917). It was a scary experience.

> When the person called and gave me progress reports (hard-drive is a mess,

> fragmented, little hope...) I felt like she was the doctor coming out of the

> operating room, with surgical gloves and bloody hands, reporting on whether

> my data was alive!! They retrieved about 85% of the data, and removed $1600

> from my pocket. Although we have a thorough system of back-ups/cd-roms at

> our office, this was my home studio computer and it had not been backed up

> for 6 months. 

> 

> Lesson learned: Back-up. Save versions. If your hard-drive is crashing it

> may be a warning :-(

> 

> I bought a cd writer and a new hard-drive. I tried running OS8.6 but it

> crashed too much. I'm now running OS9, and it seems much more stable...but

> it's early yet. :-)

> 

> Franke

> Jamesgang.com

> 

> 

> 

> 

>> 

>>> my mac just froze after a whole nights work.   aggggggh

>>> G4 running Final Cut Pro

>>> mouse still moves - but nothing else seems to respond.

>>> dont know the mac os - dont want to crash it

>>> and potentially loose everything if there is still a

>>> way to save it . . anyone with mac experience that can

>>> help?? feel free to call me if not email back soon.

>>> thanx a million . . . toll free 1-877-brothers . .

>

>> Daniel Votino <danieldescry [dot] com>

>> 

> 

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