Apple 8600 appendix Testing and repairing your hard disk, Try these suggestions first

Testing and repairing your hard disk

If you see a message reporting that a disk is damaged or unreadable, you may need to repair the disk.

Try these suggestions first

If you can’t start up from a hard disk or you don’t see the hard disk icon on the desktop, try the following:

mIf the hard disk is internal, shut down your Macintosh, wait at least 10 seconds, and then turn it on again.

mIf the hard disk is external, shut down your Macintosh, make sure that the hard disk is turned on, and that its cable is connected firmly; then restart the Macintosh.

mIf the hard disk is your startup disk, start up with a different startup disk. (See “Starting Up From the System Software CD-ROM Disc,” later in this chapter.)

If, after you start up from a different disk, your hard disk’s icon appears on your desktop, reinstall system software on the hard disk. See “Installing System Software” later in this chapter.

mCheck the ID numbers of all SCSI equipment (anything connected to the SCSI port [g]) on your computer. For information on setting SCSI ID numbers and terminating a SCSI chain, see both the manuals that came with your SCSI equipment and Chapter 7, “Connecting Additional Equipment.”

mIf none of these suggestions solves the problem, test the disk by following the instructions given in “Testing for Damage on Your Hard Disk,” which follows.

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