LC II hard drive question...

[MarkS]

I have a dead LC II. I'd like to see if the hard drive is still good and if possible, copy any data off of it. However, the connector is most definitely not IDE as it has about 1/3 more pins than a typical IDE drive. What is it and can I convert it in any way?

 

[MarkS]

Never mind... Google is my friend. ) It's a SCSI, so now what? I would hate to buy a SCSI card for a drive that has been dormant for nearly ten years. :-/

 

[Osgeld]

I have a pc pci scsi card sitting in my parents garage you can have (its been sitting in the exact same place for 10 years now)

 

[MarkS]

Thanks for the offer, but I just bought a cheap one off of eBay. Oh well, it only cost me $15 with shipping and it is from a reputable company. If it doesn't work, I'm only out $15. Now I just need software to read Mac drives in Windows...

 

[PowerPup]

I would recommend either Gemulator Explorer or HFSExplorer both run on windows and work well. (Don't forget windows drivers for the SCSI card. Sometimes it isn't just plug an' play...)

Oh, and if you want something fancy, there is Mac Drive 8, there is a trail version of it. But the other two above are freeware.

 

[MarkS]

Awesome! Thanks for the tip! I was about to drop a load of cash on Mac Disk.

I'm hoping the driver comes with the card. I'm pretty sure I can find it online though.

I powered up the drive and it ran very quietly. I'm hoping it is still good.

 

[Osgeld]

smooth platter spin is a good sign, course you wont really know until you engage the heads

is there a name on the card?

 

[MarkS]

This is it here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-10L7095-Adaptec-AHA-2940U-W-B-SCSI-Controller_W0QQitemZ390112599170QQcategoryZ56092QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D10%26ps%3D63#ht_3106wt_1165

 

[Osgeld]

this is what google pops up

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/scsi/2940/AHA-2940AU/

the 2000 driver should work fine on windows 2000 and 32 bit xp, if it is not just a generic microsoft driver by now

 

[MarkS]

I found that earlier, but wans't sure which to download. I'm dual booting XP 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit. I'm thinking the Vista drivers might work with 7. Windows' generic drivers might work as well. Of course, the card may come with the drivers. I'll soon see...

 

[Osgeld]

I know the one i have which is also an adaptec, but the consumer model and slightly newer is automatically picked up xp

 

[MarkS]

It works! It arrived today. I was able to get all of the information off of the drive, including a game that my dad was working on that I lost many years ago. :approve: I'm in more of a state of shock right now than happy. I never thought I'd see this stuff again!

 

[Osgeld]

grats

 

[MarkS]

It's really strange. My dad bought me that computer in '92 or '93. I haven't used it since around 2000. I bought an iMac in '98 and the iMac's IDE drive is toast.