How to restore the Performa software

In order to determine which Performa CD is suitable for the Performa model, look at the disc label that shows the corresponding model. Look at the example below:

Credit to Fred Jame for this Performa CD scan, in flickr.

Look at the upper red text below the Apple logo. If this is shows "5200 series", then the restore CD is for any Performa 5200 series (5200cd, 5215cd, etc.) but with basic bundle only (despite the discs for the corresponding model family such as 5215cd may have different bundles).

Several Performa discs are also available in this site, you can choose it below which matches from your Performa model, download it, burn in to the CD, and restore it.

• Performa 630CD, 635CD, 638CD
• Performa 630CD with DOS Compatibility Card
• Performa 631CD
• Performa 636CD
• Performa 5200CD, 5210CD, 5215CD, 5220CD
• Performa 5200CD, 5210CD, 5215CD, 5220CD, 6200CD, 6205CD, 6210CD, 6214CD, 6216CD, 6218CD, 6220CD, 6230CD (French)
• Performa 5260/120
• Performa 5260CD, 5260/120, 5270CD, 5280/120
• Performa 5400CD, 5400/160, 5400/180, 5410CD, 5420CD, 5430, 5440
• Performa 5500/225, 5500/250, 5500/275
• Performa 6200CD & 6218CD
• Performa 6300CD
• Performa 6320CD (Spanish)
• Performa 6360, 6400, 6400/200, 6410, 6420
• Performa 6500/225 & 6500/250
• Performa 6500/275 & 6500/300

In order to restore the all software in the real, vintage Mac Performa hardware, please follow these steps. This process is very recommended for real Macintosh hardware, you can also try this in your PowerBook/PowerMac/68K Mac.

• Start the computer using the Performa CD (from the specific model) or the Performa Utilities bootable floppy disk.
• Skip this step if the computer's hard disk has been already formatted but the system software or applications are damaged. Set up the hard disks first by using the Apple HD SC Setup, Internal HD Format (Performa 630 series only), or the Drive Setup application in the Launcher after the desktop appears.
• After the desktop and launcher appears, open the Restore All Software application from the Launcher to restore all software in their original factory settings and applications from scratch. If you want to restore the system software due for the system is not running, open the Restore System Software application from the Launcher to restore the system software in their original factory settings from scratch. If you using the floppy version, open the Apple Backup application from the Utilities disk to restore software with the corresponding hard disk backup disks swapping.
• Follow the instructions.
• Then, restart the computer.

Some emulators such as Basilisk II and SheepShaver fails to use Restore All Software, Restore System Software, and Apple Restore application because these emulators are using the ROM routine patch to identified the hard disks as non-SCSI and large floppy disks, known as internal drive. By the way, here is the trick to restore the Performa software manually for use of emulators. Also, most restore CDs does not boot from restore CD or hard disk (after restore the software) successfully in emulators, so let's take a look at the compatibility list below:

- If the Performa CD is for 5xx or 63x, the restore CD or hard disk will boot in Basilisk II and vMac, but not SheepShaver (7.5.3 update required).
- If the Performa CD is for 611x, 5xxx, 6xxx, the restore CD or hard disk will not boot in all emulators unless the System file is replaced to add 68K code from Mac OS 7.5 (excluding 6320cd+) or to update 7.5.3 or 7.5.5.
- If the Performa CD is for 54xx and 64xx, the restore CD or hard disk will boot in SheepShaver, but not Basilisk II and vMac (7.5.5 update required).
- If the Restore CD is for 4400, the restore CD or hard disk will not boot in all emulators unless the System file is updated to 7.6.1.
- If the Restore CD is for 5500 and 6500, the restore CD or hard disk will boot in all emulators without sufficient restrictions.

Here is the steps how to restore the Performa software in emulators:

• Start the computer using the Performa CD (Any specific model, but you need to check the compatibility list above which restore CD is boot or not in emulators) or the Performa Utilities/Disk Tools floppy (if needed).
• Open the Hard Disk Files or Hard Disk folder (depending which language of Performa CD that you have) on the Performa CD directory and copy all of the folders to the Hard Disk.
• Rename these folders (depending which language of Performa CD that you have):
  Applications Items -> Applications
  Apple Extras Items -> Apple Extras
  Documents Items -> Documents
  System Folder Items -> System Folder
• Make the alias of Launcher control panel to the desktop (via Performa Hard Disk) and place/make alias the Documents folder from the Hard Disk to the desktop.
• If the Performa CDs has the Apple Telecom software, please deactivate or remove the Express Modem control panel, the Apple Telecom Status on the Apple Menu Items folder, and some Apple Telecom extensions.
• After that, restart the computer.

Some Macintosh Performa CDs (such as Performa 630 series DOS restore CD) may does not have the "Hard Disk Files" folder due for technical and space reasons and the old Performas (like LC III Performas) may use the floppy version of Performa software restore. These methods are not compatible by Basilisk II, however, there are the steps below of the working method to restore the Performa Software on Basilisk II for Microsoft Windows.

If you using Windows

• Download the SoftMac XP and prepare the default configuration. You need the valid ROM image file. Prepare the unformatted 250MB or higher .dsk SoftMac hard disk file. Also, use the HFVExplorer to make the 300MB Macintosh .HFV file as the Basilisk II hard disk.
• Open the Disk Configuration. Use the restore CD or the Utilities disk as the internal floppy and read-only CD-ROM. Use the Basilisk II hard disk as the external floppy. Use the .dsk file as the SCSI 0.
• Follow the instructions using the real Performa restore method.
• After restoring the Performa software on the SCSI 0 hard disk image, copy all the files and folders from the newly-restored Performa hard disk to the Basilisk II hard disk.
• Done.

Comments

by Fortuna Wave - 2011, December 14 - 5:28pm

Need to find more hard disk images that is from Performa software.

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by Fortuna Wave - 2011, April 1 - 10:18am

Note about the Apple Restoration CDs: It uses the special installer, which uses to restore to the factory configuration. Inside the Volume III 06-94 has the Performa hard disk configurations and the 7.1.2P Utilities disk image.

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by IIGS_User - 2010, October 21 - 3:44pm

Regarding emulators (and somethin' else),
I've zipped all the hard disk images in use...

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by Balrog - 2010, October 20 - 2:40pm

FuseHFS works well, but be sure to back up your data. It has destroyed partitions a few times for me.

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by IIGS_User - 2010, September 1 - 3:16pm

Yes, FuseHFS is a very interesting piece of software...

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by Balrog - 2010, September 1 - 3:22am

How about using FuseHFS on OSX?

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