Apple Macintosh - Troubleshooting Macintosh Hardware and Software

Troubleshooting and Operation Hints 299
The Mac h as pr ob ab ly damaged th e softwa re inf o rm at ion on
th e disk m ak ing it imp ossib le to r ead.
One p oss ible remedy for this p rob lem is as follow s. Re-
sta rt the system using a functi o ning di sk. Then eject th e disk
a nd in se rt th e fa ult y di sk. As the di sk drive begin s to r ead the
di sk, pr ess and hold the Opti on an d Com m an d keys. Thi s key
combination ob li ges th e Ma c to r einitiate th e di sk and r ea d th e
files on it.
Fi l es on the di sk are ofte n or ga nized int o gro up s. A
gro up ed collection of i co ns is kn own as a folder. See figure
1.9 b. Th e fo ld er d oes not , in it se lf , represe nt a ny da t a. It is
sim ply a holding pl ace for ot her icon s. Wh en performing the
above procedure , th e Mac wi ll p robably erase a ll folders,
except th e Empty Folder, leav in g th e icon s held w ith .in th em on
th e disk window. The files re pr esente d by th ese icons h ave not
been damaged. If desired , th e operator ca n reorga nize th ese .
icons int o folder s.
Wh en na ming documents, it is a goo d prac tice to n ame
eac h d oc ument so th at its fold er can be identifi ed . This aids th e
Ma c user is r eorga nizing d oc um e nt s into their resp ec ti ve
folders should th ese folders be erased.
DISK FILE RECOVERY
Wh enever a com put er uses a di sk s torag e m ed ium , there is
a cha nc e that the di sk will b ecome fa ul ty m ak ing data in access-
ible. T he Mac does n ot provide a normal procedure for retriev-
al of information from suc h a di sk. H owever, th ere is a special
procedure to follow w hich sh ou ld give th e de sired results.
Thi s me thod a pp ears to wo rk for r ecover ing MacPaint
d oc ument s. H owever, it s hould be used on ly as a l as t resor t,
and only if the previously d esc rib ed me thod fails. T he Ma c was
spec ifi ca ll y de sig ned to give complete di sk handling con tr ol to
th e computer. If th e ope rat or for ces di sk ejection at an
improper moment, he or she mig ht ca u se eno ugh damage to
th e disk's data to make it comp letely unr ea dable.