HeavyMeatlforGod,
Don't panic! All is not lost. Let's take them one by one. I won't ask where are your back-ups.
At this point do not install any more software onto either drive! Your priority is to salvage the files off of the 40 Gig SCSI. BTDT!
First the SCSI 40 gig. From your post it seems that the drive came out of the 8500. This means it is a 50 pin SCSI drive, right? What exact model Seagate is it?
What OS was running on the 8500? I'm hoping it was OS 9.
Do you have a boot drive in the 8500 other than the troubled 40 gig? If so, put the trouble disk back in the 8500. Set it to SCSI ID 2. Your boot drive should be SCSI ID 0.
You should see two drives on your desktop. Copy the files off of the trobled 40 gig drive onto the boot drive. If you have a CD-R burn them to a CD.
Now if the troubled drive is the only drive from the 8500 then I would find a 2 or 4 gig SCSI and do a clean install of the OS onto the 4 gig drive and then install the 40 Gig drive into the 8500 as a 2nd drive and back up the drive.
Let us know more about what is in the 8500.
Right now there is no quick and easy solution. You are going to have to take it slow and do some work but I'm sure your data files are still on the 40 gig SCSI drive.
Don't panic! All is not lost. Let's take them one by one. I won't ask where are your back-ups.
At this point do not install any more software onto either drive! Your priority is to salvage the files off of the 40 Gig SCSI. BTDT!
First the SCSI 40 gig. From your post it seems that the drive came out of the 8500. This means it is a 50 pin SCSI drive, right? What exact model Seagate is it?
What OS was running on the 8500? I'm hoping it was OS 9.
Do you have a boot drive in the 8500 other than the troubled 40 gig? If so, put the trouble disk back in the 8500. Set it to SCSI ID 2. Your boot drive should be SCSI ID 0.
You should see two drives on your desktop. Copy the files off of the trobled 40 gig drive onto the boot drive. If you have a CD-R burn them to a CD.
Now if the troubled drive is the only drive from the 8500 then I would find a 2 or 4 gig SCSI and do a clean install of the OS onto the 4 gig drive and then install the 40 Gig drive into the 8500 as a 2nd drive and back up the drive.
Let us know more about what is in the 8500.
Right now there is no quick and easy solution. You are going to have to take it slow and do some work but I'm sure your data files are still on the 40 gig SCSI drive.