Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uwmcsd1!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!hammen From: hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Robert Joseph Hammen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Virus on the Mac? Message-ID: <5163@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Date: 9 Mar 88 22:33:36 GMT References: Sender: daemon@uwmcsd1.UUCP Reply-To: hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Robert Hammen) Organization: Computer Applications Lines: 34 In article rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Siegel) types: > In this case, your best (and probably only) way to recover the disk is >the Disk First Aid program that comes with your Macintosh; it's on one of the >Utilities disks. Boot up on another floppy and run Disk First aid; a drive >selection box will come up. Click on the "Drive" button; you'll see either >"Disk With Bad Name (SCSI #)" (where # is the SCSI address of your disk), or >your disk's name, or something garbled (SCSI #). Click on the "Open" button, >then click "Start." If Disk First Aid can fix your disk, it will do so. Let me add to Rich's comments. One thing that can be helpful for a hacker is to figure out what went wrong with the damaged disk. After you click Open (as detailed above), type Command-S (I think the Caps Lock key must be up for this to work). A small window will appear at the bottom of the screen. When you click "Start", you will now see what DFA is doing. If it fails to read the disk immediately, chances are the SCSI driver is zapped, or the directory is biffed. Most hard disk utility programs (e.g. Apple's HD SC Setup) allow you to "update" the SCSI drivers. If there are other problems with the disk that Disk First Aid can't fix, and if your data is worth more than $40 or so, call up MacConnection and order a copy of MacZap (unless they are out of stock, it'll be on your doorstep the following morning). MacZap is a powerful program that has been able to fix any bad disk I've ever come across, though the manual and the user interface are a real challenge (though they may have improved in recent versions - I have not upgraded in a while). Another product out there is First Aid Kit - I have no experience with that package, however. Hope this helps someone... >Rich Siegel /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / Robert Hammen Computer Applications hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu / / Delphi: HAMMEN GEnie: R.Hammen CI$: 70701,2104 / ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////