Classic II HDD Problem.

[mduft]

Hey Folks

I have a Classic II, who's harddrive seems to have problems. Since some days now, the harddrive spins up, and immediately starts getting slower again (i can hear it)... i don't know what this could be. of course it doesn't boot any more i have original system 7 disks off which i can boot, but no harddisk found (i didn't expect that, no...).

What are my options? is an external hdd good as replacement? or should i get me an internal one? or can i even fix the problem without new hardware?

right now i don't have the tools to even open the chasis of my mac (missing the right screwdriver)...

Thanks in advance for any comments/suggestions!

Cheers, Markus

 

[tomlee59]

The spin up/spin down behavior is common among zorched drives. Most drives perform some sort of power-on self-test. If certain key tests fail, the drive decides that there's no point in spinning, and shuts off.

The fix? Replacement, generally. Almost any 50-pin scsi drive will do (and with adapters, other than 50-pin drives can work). There may be limitations on the size of a partition (2GB), but you can have lots of partitions, so a modern drive will do fine (in fact, it will do wonders).