Apple Mac OS 7.6 - Manual (Page 38)

The Install Mac OS program cannot repair your hard disk.
Cause: Install Mac OS is unable to repair your problem.
Solution 1: If you see a message that the disk can’t be fixed because a file
is open, quit all programs. If file sharing is on, turn it off. Then try
installing again.
Solution 2: Use a third-party disk repair utility to see if it can repair the disk.
If you don’t have a third-party utility, or if that utility can’t repair the disk
either, you may need to reinitialize the hard disk.
First, back up your hard disk because reintializing erases everything on the
disk. Then use either the Drive Setup or HD SC Setup utility program to
reinitialize the disk.
You can find these utilities in the Utilities folder on the Mac OS 7.6 CD-ROM
disk, or on the Disk Tools floppy disks. To reinitialize your startup disk (the disk
with system software on it) you need to start up the computer from a different
disk. You can start up using the Mac OS 7.6 CD-ROM disc or Disk Tools floppy
disk. See “Start Up From the Mac OS 7.6 Disks” in Chapter 1 for instructions.
Computers with PowerPC microprocessors, and computers with 68030 and
68040 processors that have IDE hard disks, should use Drive Setup. Other
computers should use HD SC Setup. If you try to open the wrong program,
you’ll see a message.
Note for PowerBook 150 owners: To reinitialize your computer’s internal hard
disk, you must use the Internal HD Formatter application that came with your
computer. To reinitialize an external disk, use HD SC Setup.
After you’ve reinitialized the disk, use Drive Setup or HD SC Setup to update
the disk driver. Then reinstall system software and your application programs.
For more information about reinitializing your hard disk, see the manual that
came with your computer.
The Update Driver button is not available in the Drive Setup utility.
Cause 1: You don’t have an Apple hard disk.
Solution 1: Drive Setup doesn’t work with non-Apple disks. See the
instructions that came with your computer or hard disk to check if the
manufacturer includes a disk setup utility, or call the manufacturer and ask
what disk utility to use. Use that utility to update the driver. To ensure a
successful update, obtain the latest version of the utility.
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