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Macintosh Color Classic Disk help

Posted by: 24Pintech on 2023-03-29 08:21:00

Hello, I was having many problems trying to get my SCSI2SD working on my original Macintosh Color Classic but I decided to follow this forum (https://www.savagetaylor.com/2018/0...lassic-68k-macintosh-using-a-scsi2sd-adapter/) exactly and I got booted into the OS but I got an error code saying "Disk initialization failed because the disk is locked" Can somebody help me? I am not sure as what to do next and when I look up the error code it doesn't bring up anything similar to mine it's just the New apple support that shows up. Please help thank you.

Posted by: ymk on 2023-03-29 08:46:02

Is your floppy drive working?

Color Classic: Running without a floppy drive

In the process of setting up a floppy-less CC, I ran into a "Disk initialization failed because the disk is locked!" dialog at startup, which was raised in an endless loop: I got around it by adding a 4.7K Ohm resistor between the +5V and RD pins on the floppy connector. I'll change...

tinkerdifferent.com

Posted by: 24Pintech on 2023-03-29 10:41:39

Is your floppy drive working?

Color Classic: Running without a floppy drive

In the process of setting up a floppy-less CC, I ran into a "Disk initialization failed because the disk is locked!" dialog at startup, which was raised in an endless loop: I got around it by adding a 4.7K Ohm resistor between the +5V and RD pins on the floppy connector. I'll change...

tinkerdifferent.com

Unfortunately not, I was able to boot into OS 7.5.3 with the SCSI2SD but after It starts to "repair" it brings up "Disk initialization failed because the disk is locked" I will provide pictures in a little bit. I forgot to add that this is a project in my computer classroom for our Macintosh Museum. so I will provide pictures within 2-3 hours of this post right after school unless I can access internet on my phone then it will be earlier.

Posted by: 24Pintech on 2023-03-29 10:43:58

Unfortunately not, I was able to boot into OS 7.5.3 with the SCSI2SD but after It starts to "repair" it brings up "Disk initialization failed because the disk is locked" I will provide pictures in a little bit. I forgot to add that this is a project in my computer classroom for our Macintosh Museum. so I will provide pictures within 2-3 hours of this post right after school unless I can access internet on my phone then it will be earlier.

Posted by: ymk on 2023-03-29 11:47:16

The problem is related to the floppy drive, so you can either attach one or do the resistor fix I linked.

Posted by: 24Pintech on 2023-03-30 07:15:39

The problem is related to the floppy drive, so you can either attach one or do the resistor fix I linked.

Okay thank you for this information I will let you know what I can do and if it helps and works out.

Posted by: 24Pintech on 2023-03-31 07:56:57

The problem is related to the floppy drive, so you can either attach one or do the resistor fix I linked.

Hello, I got busy yesterday but it worked right away thank you very much.

Posted by: ironborn65 on 2023-04-25 23:19:40

To close the thread, I had the same issue, in my case the floppy drive was the culprit, I solved it by replacing the it.