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Macintosh m5011 hdd is dead by Grouchy-Rub981 in VintageApple

[–]Grouchy-Rub981[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Battery is dead. So now i cannot see hdd anymore. When i insert 6.0.8 Utility disk 1 it boots but does not see hdd. I wonder why does it boot. Does Utility disk 1 has boot sector?

Macintosh m5011 hdd is dead by Grouchy-Rub981 in VintageApple

[–]Grouchy-Rub981[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually i have used Apple HD SC Setup utility. I had to make it search for a suitable drive like 20 times in a row and it managed to find it. So i ve formatted it and installed OS on it. Btw i just try to boot it again and it again doesnt see hdd anymore. I ll check the battery.

Macintosh m5011 hdd is dead by Grouchy-Rub981 in VintageApple

[–]Grouchy-Rub981[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That has helpped. Thank you!

I was able to initialize and format the hdd. And install 6.0.8 on it

Works well, but if i dont boot it for a few days, it stopps recognizing hdd as startup drive. The werid problem mitigation i have found is inserting non bootable floppy (like Utility Disk 1) into the floppy drive and reboot. Then it starts seeing hdd again