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Testing and repairing a damaged disk – Apple Power Macintosh 5400 series User Manual

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Internet: gopher server

Apple recommends using TurboGopher client software to access the Apple
Computer Higher Education Gopher server. The “Apple Support Area” folder
is located in the following path:

Home Gopher Server

Computer Information

Apple Computer Higher Education gopher server

Apple Support Area

Apple SW Updates

TurboGopher Client software is available via anonymous file transfer protocol
(ftp) to boombox.micro.umn.edu in the /pub/gopher directory.

m Host name: info.hed.apple.com

Testing and repairing a damaged disk

Hard disks and floppy disks can become damaged by repeated use and
handling.

When do you need to repair a disk?

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

Dealing with a potentially damaged disk consists of several steps, which are
explained in more detail later in this section:

m verifying the disk (checking for imperfections) with an application called

Disk First Aid

m repairing any problems detected by Disk First Aid
m testing the disk with an application called Drive Setup
m repairing any problems detected by Drive Setup by using Disk First Aid

(or another disk repair application) a second time, or, if the problem can’t
be repaired, by reinitializing the disk

Before you begin verifying and testing a disk you think is damaged, try the
following possible solutions.

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Troubleshooting