RE: HardDrive help req. please

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: aashram2000 [mailto:amar@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 June 2002 19:45
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] HardDrive help req. please
>
>
> I have finished updating one of my machines and
> for somereason after working fine one of my harddrives
> with all my apps on it is not doing the followin.

What exactly where you updating btw?

>
> 1) it is recognised my bios ok
> 2) i can fdisk and view the partitions
> 3) i cannot create a new primary partition. it just sits there on
the
> verifing 0%.

I take it at this stage you have deleted all partitions?

>
> I tried to move the drive and it started to work going to 98% but
> then stopped again. ARGH

Is the drive spinning up ok on power on? It wouldn't be the first time
a
drive died during a system rebuild :/


> I know what your thinking (why did i not back it up) and you know
i
> was just about to.
>
> What are my options ? anyone know a place that recover data? what
are
> the charges like ?

Unless your data is worth thousands, err, probably not worth asking.

Cheers, Des.



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