Re: Re: HardDrive help req. please

["Ian Davidson" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

Hi

A quick thought try another cable. It may have gone faulty and you
holding
the drive may just allow the break to reconnect. Worth a try.

Ian D

----- Original Message -----
From: "aashram2000" <amar@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 9:06 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: HardDrive help req. please


>
> I was just going to install 2000 on there.:-(
> i don't want to delete the ext. paritition as that has
> all the stuff i want to keep.
>
> It soundslike it is spinning up cause the bios recognises it.
> I even got as far as formating once but i had to hold it in
> my hand :-(
> it then stopped again around 89% or so and then i moved a
> little and it started again :-(
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Des Gibbons" <des@f...>
wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: aashram2000 [mailto:amar@a...]
> > > 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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