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    Help! Recovering HD + lost partition

    Ok I was able to run Data Rescue from OS X (2nd drive) and it cannot even see the partition containing the corrupted OS X system which appear on the desktop, not even mentionning the other ones that remain invisible... Any suggestions from here `?
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    Help! Recovering HD + lost partition

    Tried zapping pram serveral times but no progress. Could the problem come from the fact I'm trying to boot 9.1 with the HD which has corrupted X.2, and something on the drive will not let me start from that system ? Maybe I need 9.2 to allow me to start with that HD ?? Also I noticed when I try...
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    Help! Recovering HD + lost partition

    I still can't figure why the mac won't boot from an OS 9 CD when the HD is connected... Is there a key combo to ignore the HD and force the comp to start from CD ??
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    Help! Recovering HD + lost partition

    Defragging itself or perhaps the crash only affected the boot volume, which was not that bad, actually I should have formated right away. The problem was trying to recover that partition thats when things got out of control... Is it worth trying fsck -y command ? when I hit Command + S it...
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    Help! Recovering HD + lost partition

    I was using Drive10's built-in optimise tool when it crashed. Well crashed made OS X partition unbootable but did not affect other partitions its only after trying several utilities (mainly norton) that my other partitions disapeared, like you said just made things worse... Now I have no...
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    Help! Recovering HD + lost partition

    Ok heres how it all began. I booted from Drive 10 1.1.2 CD to better optimise my OS X 10.2.3 partition but when I ran the Optimise tool (defrag) it was taking for ever so I stopped operation which crashed the app. Restarted, then my System partition wouldnt boot anymore. So I started up from OS...
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    File transfer W2000 to OS X

    I think under win2k you have to create an account for the mac, thats what I did and I have no problem connecting with the finder "Connect to Server..." ! But transfer speed seems slow (as someone said its probably not made for that) so how do I set up an FTP access between the 2 comps. I have...
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    Updating 10.1 fresh install

    Thanks a lot for your help. The security update did solve the problem. I was even able to patch using "old" updates till 10.1.4, but not .5 I can do it from software update where all other updates are available now ;)
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    Updating 10.1 fresh install

    I just re-installed OS X 10.1 and when I check the software update it says my software is up to date which is not of course. I had saved 10.1.x updates but whenever I try installing one it asks me to run "INSTALLER UPDATE" which I had also, so I ran it but when it asked me to chose a partition...
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    QT 6 Installer crashed

    My computer crashed during Quicktime 6 installation. When I rebooted OS X wouldnt load properly, just before showing the desktop it locks or searches endlessly. Is there anythine else that could be done besides formating ?
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