Nobody here, especially not Heatdave mentioned an error message and what the message says. So either it is already ok now or it is still working. In the latter case, wait a little bit longer. It should not need more than five minutes, then the drive is ok again.
Of course, he said he got the error message "Volume DH0: not validated" in his original post... Heck, it's in the title!
He also said he was searching around for files to delete. Therefore, it is fairly safe to assume he looked for more than 5 minutes. Probably scratching his head for a matter of 30 minutes or more before starting off searching for help (while probably STILL leaving the machine running as he did.)
If the error is still there, it's probably a good time for DiskSalv.... :lol:
Only Salvage has the priority to save all files, even those which are only partially available.
I never understood this. What good is a partial file, anyhow?? You're going to have to recover that file from backups one way or another. Might just as well do it from the start.
I don't understand why all people here give so complicated advice.
We try to give concise and useful advice. Something getting quite rare in the Amiga community, as well.
